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UPDATE: She seems to have some problem with her legs. She used to shimmy up the glass in seconds two days ago, but today she seems to be having difficulty in climbing. Also, I moved her to an outworld. I put random pieces of wood inside, but she hasn't tried anything yet. What exactly should her hou...

I know they live in wood, but I can't find any large pieces of wood nearby to date, and I can't get driftwood online. I heard somewhere that you can use cork, though. Also, should I directly put her in a terrarium, or keep her in a test tube? Currently keeping her in a small glass jar.

Hello, everyone. It's been a long time. After Flyaway, a weaver ant and my last queen died ( :( :cry: :cry: ), I wasn't able to catch any queen for a year, and I thought I didn't want to.But now I have caught one, a Tetraponera Nigra Queen, yet to be named. I have two queries, about her housing and ...

They were in a leaf nest.The queen was not moving so I moved the queen,worker and one larva into a jar.Wondering how to move remaining larvae into jar

I am keeping them in a glass terrarium with a few weeds and moneyplants.I feed them sugar and some insects,but they only ever seem to accept sugar and caterpillars.

A few months ago,I caught a weaver ant queen(Incidentally,one week before AntsCanada caught the jade empress!) She founded a thriving ant colony with 15 workers. Now suddenly the ants have started to die out. Just the queen and one worker is alive. I am not sure what I need to do.. any advice would ...

she is 15 mm.I checked on google just now, and I think she is camponotus parius,syuteo!.Also,she has laid eggs now,so I don't want to disturb her by taking pictures now.

Found in Bangalore,Karnataka,India

Today I found a queen ant.I have seen the species running around my apartment complex,but I know nothing about them,other than the fact that this ant can swim.What ant is this?How to care for Swimmie?Here is the picture.

https://imgur.com/BjUoUS3

Not of the same species,but I caught a cataulacus queen.