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If you have the tools you can make a formicarium yourself. U can use cement, plaster or ytong to make one. Wait till they have atleast 25 workers. Only you can give them the perfect nest as you are seeing their size and can compare it more effectively. Nest chamber's height should be as long as hal...

Nevermind im not sure how to post pictures here. Maybe just going by the size might be okay.

You should wait a little more and keep them in test tube setups till they have around 30 workers. But it depends on their size also. My camponotus compressus are very small sized and have around 46 workers but i still keep them in test tube. Don't give them very big nest. Start small and keep incre...

When would be a good time to move my camponotus irritan colony? Right now i think i have around 10-12 workers. First time getting this far into owning ants since all the ants ive caught over the years are infertile. Actually got the queen locally from someone. Also another question would be how big ...