OpenFormicaria - A Modular ant housing platform

OpenFormicaria A Open Source modular ant formicarium and home with simple space saving connectors.
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Are the vent holes too large for a Tetramorium Bicarinatum colony

Can you add a 15mm and 16mm connection to?

Printed great, I upscaled the V2 connectors to 102% so they fit snugly. Our queen seems happy! (edited)

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Can u make one for 15mm

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Turned out well, its great. Why is the portal lid not a normal rectangle to cover the gaps, did I miss an stl? Ill probably put red perspex anyways.

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Great concept. Right now just printed the portal with lids and stoppers for my M. Barbarus. I put cotton into one of the feeding compartments and they immediately started pulling pieces of it into the nest.
I must say, the v1 stoppers are very hard to push in and even harder to get out—they are also rather sharp when handled forcefully. Over time, I'm going to try to build a larger nest using OF, probably with v2 parts.

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How big are the holes btw? I dont want the ants eggs to fall through!

Great design.

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Nice model, thank you.

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