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Nothing has changed. They are devouring every bit of honey I give them. They don't seem to keen on meal worms or roaches but will inhale crickets.

No eggs yet.

Quick question is the nest still there? I went back and tried to see what I could scavenge but it was well wrecked. I didn't even see a single sugar ant when trying to move to soil. Are they a multiple queen species? Perhapse they have moved? I believe I was INCREDIBLY lucky to save the queen. I pu...

Well I wasn't expecting to start a new colony till towards the end of the month but this was a peculiar situation. I was walking along the walking path near my home and saw 2 kids playing on the side. As I got close I realised they were terrorising an ant nest. I wasn't sure how to handle the situat...

Oh wow, what a read from start to finish. I've had to sub.
I just received a queen of this species and just trying to read and find out all I can.

Look forward to the new updates post winter.

Worst news ever.
I checked on the queen ant and she was dead. I failed her.

I ordered the AC portal and test tubes packs that i was going to move her into. Too little too late.

Not the best experience for the first attempt at ant keeping. I guess I'll have the right gear for the 2nd attempt.

Hope this link works.... So there absolutely no light when this draw is cold. I'm actually questioning the temperature in there. As the room is 18 - 20 degrees Celsius but i guess the draw could be cooler. Should I put a heat matt in there or maybe half under the container? She used to have drift wo...

that seems like a correct time. I would cover the test tube/nest because it might be the stress that keeps her from laying eggs with her workers It is covered. The only time she is uncovered is when i put food in there. The other problem is; do i keep putting food in there? She is fully claustral r...

Awesome! thank you. I will be updating every time something happens or if I need help/advice. I see you have 2 queens of the same species. Any tips etc? Well, they are pretty easy to care for, they grow fast, and are a very common species in Australia. At this stage, I would feed them with a cricke...

Awesome! thank you.

I will be updating every time something happens or if I need help/advice.
I see you have 2 queens of the same species. Any tips etc?

Woah! I went on holiday for a couple weeks and when I got back there was a surprise waiting. I went away 4 weeks ago and at that point, there were no workers but a bunch of brood. I put some crushed meal worm in there just because I was going to be away for 2 weeks and the queen hadn't had anything ...