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by solenopsisAnt
Wed Dec 25, 2019 8:30 pm
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Brazilian beginner - Witch species do you recommend?
Replies: 1
Views: 2040

Re: Brazilian beginner - Witch species do you recommend?

I am new to ant keeping so I was in the same situation a few mouths ago. I have chosen fire ants but they take up a lot of space and are painful and are not proving to be easy. The other species I was considering was a carpenter ant, also known as the camponotus Ant. But I decided if they got out I ...
by solenopsisAnt
Wed Dec 25, 2019 8:06 pm
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Advice needed to move a fire ant colony to new nest
Replies: 1
Views: 1939

Advice needed to move a fire ant colony to new nest

Ok just got a new ant farm for a existing colony for Christmas! “A large colony of Fire ants about 700 to 800 workers strong” But when the workers left their previous container a large container with small air holes I made with a pin they made home in the out world completely ignoring my hybrid nest...