Death becomes her!
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Britishants.com
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Re: Death becomes her!
Yeah! You can buy the resin from Hobby craft, if you have a lot of dead queens it might be worth doing it yourself Formica!
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Deansie26
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Re: Death becomes her!
Britishants.com wrote:Yeah! You can buy the resin from Hobby craft, if you have a lot of dead queens it might be worth doing it yourself Formica!
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Acromyrmexbob
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Re: Death becomes her!
Come on guys, thats below the belt! 
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Formica123
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Hahaha - I have plenty in my collection from years of trials and errors!Britishants.com wrote:Yeah! You can buy the resin from Hobby craft, if you have a lot of dead queens it might be worth doing it yourself Formica!
But still a little harsh
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Leafcutter
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Harsh maybe? :/deansie26 wrote:Britishants.com wrote:Yeah! You can buy the resin from Hobby craft, if you have a lot of dead queens it might be worth doing it yourself Formica!
Atta cephalotes (2019)
Camponotus detritus (2018)
Camponotus maculatus (2018)
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That wasn't mean to appear as bitchy as it came out! I keep dead Queens because I sell them on to Entomologists and make some money back from them. It's not uncommon to have lots of dead Queens when you're a dealer, it's a small percentage of loss to be expected!. Big kisses to all those I have managed to offend, if I haven't offended you yet just give it time! lol
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Formica123
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Re: Death becomes her!
Britishants.com wrote:That wasn't mean to appear as bitchy as it came out! I keep dead Queens because I sell them on to Entomologists and make some money back from them. It's not uncommon to have lots of dead Queens when you're a dealer, it's a small percentage of loss to be expected!. Big kisses to all those I have managed to offend, if I haven't offended you yet just give it time! lol
I have 2 dead Carebara and one dead Acromyrmex, all the rest I sell to people with collections
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Bitterlime
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They will make fantastic paperweights!
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Acromyrmexbob
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Has anyone tried to put fungus into this resin. If it could be done then it would be possible to do a complete small colony by collecting dead ants and posing them. 
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Bitterlime
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It might be possible to put the whole fungus and the ants in a glass case and then replace the air inside with some sort of preservative gas, then you could put in on display. It would be interesting to see if it would work, however it's nice to see a colony that's alive!