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I work from home but I did have to keep my old colony in their test tube in my office drawer when I first moved to Ireland because I was living in a hostel and didn’t trust the cleaning ladies not to throw my ants away while I was at work. Nobody knew they were there. I’m happy to get some worms out...

Thanks for your replies!

I got my ants out, they are on my desk so I get to keep an eye on them while I work.


I’m definitely going to drop you a line, hunter36o I’m very queasy about getting worms and stuff to feed them. Lol

Don’t.

Hi Ryan!

I’m Jay, from Carrickmacross. Just started with a Lasius Niger colony which is still in a test tube at the moment. I’m also interested in tips and tricks.

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting here. I’m also relatively new to ant keeping. It’s my second attempt at a colony of Lasius Niger. The first was from a queen my friend caught in the wild but it didn’t strive and I never moved them out of the test tube (it ended with me releasing them in th...