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Hello, antkeepers. Recently I've had the idea to introduce a sustainable population of aphids into my lasius niger colony's outworld, when I finish making them one. In the UK we have loads of aphids pretty much everywhere, and a few chilli plants of mine are currently teeming with the buggers. The ...

SYUTEO wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:42 am

I think you keep them in a naturalistic setup, a test tube won't work.

I put a plant in a test tube because lazy.

SYUTEO wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:59 am

AntsAntsAnts wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:59 am

SYUTEO wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:00 am

Check if she's Froggattella, pictures are too blurry to confirm myself.

google literally has no queen pics.

You may have to get clearer pics and ask someone else to help you ID them. You can try posting on iNaturalist.

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Have you heard of an ant called the white footed ant? That species is Technomyrmex albipes and they are highly invasive, they look quite similar to black crazy ants and so you may not know about them since they look almost identical to you. They are native to Southeast Asia and have spread to Afric...

Have you heard of an ant called the white footed ant? That species is Technomyrmex albipes and they are highly invasive, they look quite similar to black crazy ants and so you may not know about them since they look almost identical to you. They are native to Southeast Asia and have spread to Afric...

antperson24 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 11, 2023 9:20 am

Could you get a picture of her not through the test tube? It kind of distorts her.

Ill try

Antloverhuman wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:30 am

Did you catch her from a nuptial flight or from an established nest? How old was she? Did you feed something different to them?

I always fed the colony the same thing. I have no idea how old she was but she had 5 workers. Two died of age.

Heating cables/pads are very good for Camponotus. Small colonies don’t eat a lot of food, just feed them once a week or so. I hope this helps you! :) The queen died. Very strange. Once a week? I feed my colony pnce a month and they grow fine. Am i underfeeding??? How big is the colony? And also how...

i got Camponotus sansabeanus queen from gan farmer she come 7 days ago now and they got nectar on day 1 and from then they did not eat i placed smashed up mealworms, honey, nectar, they only will drink water they do have about 6 eggs ( i know thats not what it is but im new to ant keeping sorry) th...

I caught a queen ant with a male ant stuck on her. She had a weird bump on her leg so I pulled off the bump and it was a mite or smth. Will this kill the queen? I killed the insect so…