This is one of my colonies which was actually delivered to the Museum by my daughter who lives in London.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl-4ZGCOnog
Natural History Museum, London
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Re: Natural History Museum, London
Looks like it's doing great, how old will it be now?
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Re: Natural History Museum, London
Reckon that was three years ago or thereabouts. Always wanted to get a colony into Natural History Museum, seemed like the centre of the world for smart stuff like that.
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Hey it looked great. I visited the museum around September last year and unfortunately the colony had died. But they said they were awaiting the arrival of a new colony.
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Re: Natural History Museum, London
They havent ordered one yet. Wonder what the delay is? Must give them a phone.
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Yeah, it be nice if they received a new colony as it really completes their creepy crawlies room. (they also have a replica of a life sized termite mound which is pretty neat.)
But what they also had was the dead colony on display which was a bit weird, the fungus was very small and completely black by this point. And there weren't many dead ants. So they must have removed a large portion of the colony to give a display of what a dead colony looks like (pretty gross)
Oh and the queen was missing, but I think they have a taxidermy department so I guess that must be her final resting place.
They had a pretty good setup as well, but from what I could remember it was very warm in the room, (well above room temperature) So I don't know if the temperature was their problem, and they only had a thermometer/hydrometer in the out world, but not in the fungus chamber when I viewed it so I'm not sure how they would have checked the conditions.
Nether the less It was a fantastic setup, they managed to make it look natural, but with elements of a lab setup as well, so the fungus was visible, but It looked like they were naturally foraging.
But what they also had was the dead colony on display which was a bit weird, the fungus was very small and completely black by this point. And there weren't many dead ants. So they must have removed a large portion of the colony to give a display of what a dead colony looks like (pretty gross)
Oh and the queen was missing, but I think they have a taxidermy department so I guess that must be her final resting place.
They had a pretty good setup as well, but from what I could remember it was very warm in the room, (well above room temperature) So I don't know if the temperature was their problem, and they only had a thermometer/hydrometer in the out world, but not in the fungus chamber when I viewed it so I'm not sure how they would have checked the conditions.
Nether the less It was a fantastic setup, they managed to make it look natural, but with elements of a lab setup as well, so the fungus was visible, but It looked like they were naturally foraging.