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hi just to answer some of your questions. 1. I know that Atta Texana are leaf-cutter ants that raise their own fungus gardens. Are any types of leafs okay? Any I should avoid in the central Texas area that could be poisonous to them? 2. Do I use the test tube setup when I capture my future queen(s)?...

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Hey this is antnest i think that i like gardening but not as much as you it seems.i live in south Michigan so it's gets pretty cold in the winter luckily though i have been able to grow an avocado tree for about 4 years now.

crematogaser can have the names "the valentines" or has that been used already...

i really think that everyone (except people in Florida) think that their weather is bad, an example is a saying Michiganders have. "if you don't like the weather in Michigan wait 5 minuets."

just looking at antmaps i can see that HARVARD has about 30% of all the samples. other than that i think i saw some OHIO STATE samples too.

not that antmaps is the most reliable source...

as for your housing question i would probably keep them in the test tube for now just because you can see them and respond to problems if you find them.

i would like to also know how you found both ponera and stigmatomma queens?

These queens must love to be captured because one just walked up to me

just keep on trying new foods their is another person on the forum whose colony will only eat geckos