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If this is the first time you've heard of it, then you're sure to be in the dark... ant water towers? Is it like that huge thing on the top floor of our house?
Th...in fact, it is quite similar, but in fact, we do not have to be misled by the term water tower, his correct name is called "water supply equipment", and in ant farming, to provide ants with water for living, is a very important thing.
Why do ants need water?
Ants don't need to drink water like humans do in order to survive, they do it through the stomata on their bodies, with theExchange of gas and water from the outside worldThis means that if the environment is too dry, the ants will die of dehydration and their eggs and larvae will also dry out.
So we can know that what ants need is actually the humidity/moisture in the environment.
However, ants will still drink water, only that this behavior is more precisely a kind ofThe act of carrying water home (After all, they don't have hands).
The worker ants will drink the water they come across, store it in their social stomach (crop) and return home.Throwing up all over the place.Adjust the humidity inside the nest until they feel comfortable.
How to give water to ants?
In the eyes of ants, their main source of water comes from the morning and the night.Dewdrops on a leaf or a rock.The
Taking reference from this behavioral pattern, smart ant farmers have also learnt it. During the ant feeding process, we will provide a water maintenance device for the ants to fetch their own water so that they can fine-tune the humidity level of the nest until they like it.
At the same time, it can avoid the accident of over-wetting or over-drying of the nests due to our manual adding of water.Respect the ants and let them be.The fact is that they can keep them better than ever before!
The water tower is capable of predicting conditions
Ants don't talk, we can only observe them, reason from their behavior and anticipate their needs.
So.The water tower also has a very important function, which is to provide prognosis!
Anticipate and move the ants to the water tower in the feeding area.
→ To avoid drying out, the ants will organize all their belongings and move them to a place where there is enough moisture. Therefore, if this happens, please add water to the nest as soon as possible!
Anticipation, ant family moved to feeding area but not by water tower
→ The nest is too hot / too humid / too stuffy for the ants to bear, so the ants move to a more breathable or dry environment. If this happens, you can observe the cause and adjust the environment for the ants.
Don't worry if the above situation happens, as long as the worker ants realize that the environment of the nest has improved, they will move back to the nest again and basically, there will not be any big problem.
Seeing this, do you also fully understand the importance of the water tower?
Do you want to double-check that there is still water in the water tower?
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