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Try with 1 or 2, then add more from the same area if they don't fight. Is there a queen? Yes hey have a queen but today I coincidentally fought a argentine queen walking along an ant trail and I noticed that she and a couple workers I caught were larger than the ones in my colony so I think the fir...

I have a colony that I think is argentine with 6 workers and a few eggs. I heard that argentine ants from different colonies don't fight so i was wondering if i could add wild workers to their colony.

I have a argentine ant colony with 6 workers and a few eggs, in the future if I want to move them into a hybrid nest which new should I use?

Batspiderfish wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:51 pm

What about protein (i.e. insects)?

I didn't feed them any proteins because I was told that the ant nectar had every thing they needed. Is there anything else that might be a problem and is it OK to feed a queen small insect parts? Also, I still don't know what to do with the queen.

In November last year I got a Campontus Modoc colony on the GAN project with 6 workers, and about 5 larvae (and of course a queen). 3 workers died, but the colony then grew back to 6 workers. Then the workers started dying one by one and today (8/15/15) the last one died and they have no brood! :cry...

First of all, Thanks for all the info, and sorry I couldn't respond for a week.
And second, I knew they were a hard species but I didn't realize they were so hard to keep.

I am thinking about getting an argentine colony but I heard they don't do nuptial flights and instead the colony splits so they are harder to catch. Is there any one who has any experience with catching and raising this species.