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New ant queen arrived. Our first formicarium, our first Lasius Flavus colony. Tiny tiny workers x 6 they muddle about but since arriving the queen hasn’t left the tube - is that normal? 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩 Have put some honey on a cotton ball and ants to and fro, but she stays in her tube. Barely moves. Is this...

Thank you all! The wakooshi website is awesome and has loads of good bits. I wish I had looked at that before we ordered the ants. But they are being posted from a local supplier on Monday - we went for yellow meadow, hoping that if they escaped it wouldn’t be eco-disaster lol Got a cheap acrylic fi...

We haven’t chosen a sp. yet. I was thinking meadow ants but having watched one of the Carpenter ant vids that has changed my mind
Will be taking more time to think carefully about an ant home and will update
Thanks

Thanks
So much to think about. Ant kingdoms are so complicated

Dear collective brain of ant husbandry genius Please advise We want to set up a colony of local ants (my son is OBSESSED with the AntsCanada YouTube vids) but there are a million formicarium setups online and I’m not sure how it’s possible to get the right level of humidity in a sweaty acrylic close...