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I caught 10 new queens on the first days of August ang got them host pupae this weekend(2 specimen) and yesterday (3 specimen) I gave 2 away in exchange for F. japonica(Host) pupae and 3 died or escaped. RIP they all opened their pupae and have workers ranging from 3-11 workers. They haven’t layed e...

Seems like electric would be more humane but I don’t know what the ants prefer. I just squash the head then remove it. I also suggest that you add a pinch of sugar in the juice. They seem to like that more.

Hi. I’m an ant keeper in Korea as my name suggests. I am keeping 1 Polyrhachis lamellidens colony in a formicarium using a dead tree as that is what most of my fellow ant keepers in Korea suggested. I am also keeping 9 New queens of Formica sanguinea of which two are being kept together to see if th...