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Can I use Vaseline to keep ants from escaping their formicarium?
Is that really liquid Teflon - interesting, never even new it existed.I use liquid PTFE.
Yeah. It's incredible stuff.Is that really liquid Teflon - interesting, never even new it existed.
I know what PTFE is but in a liquid - well, as I've always said you learn something new every day!Yeah. It's incredible stuff.
Easy to apply to with a little brush too.I know what PTFE is but in a liquid - well, as I've always said you learn something new every day!
Really does work, check out the channel - he keeps a few species in his house, it's an excellent source of information all about ants, and the talcum powder mixture is easy to make, I'm sure you've got talcum powder in your house now, it works. I'm sure it's a much cheaper alternative than liquid PTFE.Use a mix of talcum powder and water - mix a thick consistency then apply to the top of the formicarium, I've seen it used to great affect on Ants Canada channel - YouTube.
Is it expensive and easy to get a hold of, it's not for me, I don't keep ants, the wife would NOT be happy if I brought ants home - she'd murder me....lolEasy to apply to with a little brush too.
I got my bottles from an online ant shop. Can't remember how much the bottles where but they weren't expensive. There was liquid PTFE on Amazon but I didn't know if it was the same so didn't risk it.Is it expensive and easy to get a hold of, it's not for me, I don't keep ants, the wife would NOT be happy if I brought ants home - she'd murder me....lol
They purposefully cover it with debris? If so, that's an amazing degree of forethoughtIt does seem to deter Argentine Ants--at least until they cover it with debris to make footholds.
Yes, it's pretty alarming that they're capable of even limited problem solving. This is only after they've gotten into the enclosures I want them to keep out of, so fortunately they don't seem to have the forethought to bring debris to get past the Vaseline and only use what's inside my enclosures once they've fallen in and discovered that there's an oily barrier.They purposefully cover it with debris? If so, that's an amazing degree of forethought
Ants have an amazing capacity of learning behaviour, that said so do many creatures in this amazing world of ours, I wish people would start to respect it the way we should, all the cures that have been decimated due to clearing rain forests of the world, just blows my mind, I'm going slightly off track now but it's still extremely important. I could sit here and go on and on, I won't, (Blessed relief) I hear you all cry.They purposefully cover it with debris? If so, that's an amazing degree of forethought
I completely agree. Destruction of the natural world is both immoral and short-sighted. It will ultimately lead to our demise.Ants have an amazing capacity of learning behaviour, that said so do many creatures in this amazing world of ours, I wish people would start to respect it the way we should, all the cures that have been decimated due to clearing rain forests of the world, just blows my mind, I'm going slightly off track now but it's still extremely important. I could sit here and go on and on, I won't, (Blessed relief) I hear you all cry.
Same hereFor I second I thought this thread was about vaseline having ants in it as an ingredient![]()