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Mine are awake as well, sort of. I have been using wild ants as my guide, since I only keep native ants. Was out Wednesday when the weather was in the high 50's and saw some wild girls, so I took my colonies out of the fridge. Since the tube was about dry, I put them into the outworld of a mini omn...

i woke up my ants! excited for ant keeping 2021

I haven't been on this forum for a few months but I used to be really active. When I came back you guys added a censoring thing, Cool! The one Problem is that it censors the plural form of ant. This is one of the most common words used here. Is there anyway to change this so that we can see this pe...

LanceZylstra wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:04 pm

So I have an ant colony but I also want another pet specifically a invertebrate insect or archaic amybe, basically a bug. So I need some ideas. Help me out. Ant love forever.

does it have to be a bug

Hello, I am looking for some help identifying this species of ant. I've tried myself, but I keep coming up with different answers to the same question. I have four colonies that I believe are all this same species. The first two were found on the same night it was around the end of February or the ...

cherry wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:25 am

cherry wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:08 am

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Haze809 wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:44 am

Thanks for the tip! Will try it out

Can it be 100% coconut fiber? If not, i imagine the 33% coconut fiber would be the top layer right?

you just mix it all together not sure about 100% though

Danw190 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:20 pm

Are camponotus chromaides nocturnal? i have a colony of about 6 workers and they seem to be doing well, the queen has laid a second batch of eggs, but i never see them out, i give them honey. is this normal?

pretty normal for a 1 year old colony as they get more workers they'll be more active

Haze, One thing to understand, and this is why I don't recommend dirt or sand nests to new ant keepers, mold will grow in dirt nests. This is primarily due to waste from the ants or their food. You absolutely have to have decomposers in the ant tower if you're going to go that route. This means spr...