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Say you live in any part of the world, where would it be and what colony would you keep there?

ok so I have browsing the GAN for ants and Iv decided to get a prenolepis imparis colony with 15-20workers so my question is from what I have heard they are a decent beginner species but I am wondering if they have any special needs and how easy they are to keep because when I researched them it ga...

im really excited after 2 of my 3 camponotus queens died i caught a new queen on the handle of my rake she is really small (about half a centimeter) that is small for me i put her in a test tube but im worried that its way too big for her. She is red with some brown on her and has no wings i live i...

Can every species of queen ant live without feeding for 50 days or else should I feed before that day There are two categories that the myrmecology community places queens, fully-claustral and semi-claustral. Generally this can be identified by a quick search online, or just looking at the queens b...

For some reason the cold room where I keep my ants was warm and I also had to water their nest today and on top of that, this two days before I start a new schedule to check on them. Will they be okay? :?: They should be fine. As long as it is not going from the 40's to 70's daily then temperature ...

My ant colony stopped eating yesterday, I give them a dead, frozen, small cockroach (The size of an ant) every day, mostly because they are easy to kill, capture and find, they are really abundant here where I live, Mexico; Anyway,They are not eating it, they leave the cockroach without a bite and ...

What protein foods that are not live will Yellow Crazy Ants eat? Will they eat non live protein foods? Can they eat hard boiled egg or boiled chicken? Experiment! Some good options are... Protein Jelly Freeze-Dried insects dry Cat/Dog food Lunch meat cooked chicken eggs Just a reminder. When feedin...

I dont know why she died, before I moved her to the plaster nest I made. She was still good. but when i was about to move them I saw my queen lying on her back. 1 day later she was put out of her misery by the workers. She has become Ant queen sushi. Anyone might know why she died? :( :cry: :?: Unf...

This is me a few minutes ago after I removed the spam and gargabe from the Forum this morning. Anybody else feeling like this sometimes? https://c.tenor.com/MAwA6UaeHSYAAAAC/raquita.gif Just for some more context. I deleted 6 spam topics and banned 6 user accounts just a few minutes ago Thank you f...

OK to start off I have a question about the ac equipment because when I ordered a test tube/adapterpack I got fifteen adapters but what was confusing was that there were 15 in total and 5 of small hole 5 of large hole and then some wierd thingy that can connect adapters to testtubes so what are the...