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[Antmanboy]

Hello friends! I saw many beautiful Atta Texana queens during the summer and I am planning to try to catch some next year. Would a tubs and tubes setup work for their colony? How would I move their fungus garden to the setup? Should I just link up their founding cup to the setup? If the tubes and tubes doesnt work what should I keep them in? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

Hello friends! I saw many beautiful Atta Texana queens during the summer and I am planning to try to catch some next year. Would a tubs and tubes setup work for their colony? How would I move their fungus garden to the setup? Should I just link up their founding cup to the setup? If the tubes and tubes doesnt work what should I keep them in? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nope, test tubes won't work for these. I recommend reading all of this. Very helpful

https://www.formiculture.com/topic/15532-cheetos-ultimate-guide-to-leafcutter-ants%E2%84%A2/

[antsofTH]

Hello friends! I saw many beautiful Atta Texana queens during the summer and I am planning to try to catch some next year. Would a tubs and tubes setup work for their colony? How would I move their fungus garden to the setup? Should I just link up their founding cup to the setup? If the tubes and tubes doesnt work what should I keep them in? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry if I’m late, But just to put it, Test Tubes are too small for them. They should stay in a container setup or something similar. Look at LCA’s (Lights Camera Ants) channel, he owns Atta Texana too. Over on his channel you should find how he keeps his Atta Colonies.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

Hello friends! I saw many beautiful Atta Texana queens during the summer and I am planning to try to catch some next year. Would a tubs and tubes setup work for their colony? How would I move their fungus garden to the setup? Should I just link up their founding cup to the setup? If the tubes and tubes doesnt work what should I keep them in? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry if I’m late, But just to put it, Test Tubes are too small for them. They should stay in a container setup or something similar. Look at LCA’s (Lights Camera Ants) channel, he owns Atta Texana too. Over on his channel you should find how he keeps his Atta Colonies.

I am not aware what LCA does, but Cheeto(The person who wrote the guide) has kept all genera of leaf cutter ants sucessfully including Atta, Trachymyrmex, and Acromyrmex. A deli cup with plaster base is recommended. Also, make sure to catch lots of queens as these queens have a very small success rate, something around 3/100

[Antmanboy]

Hello friends! I saw many beautiful Atta Texana queens during the summer and I am planning to try to catch some next year. Would a tubs and tubes setup work for their colony? How would I move their fungus garden to the setup? Should I just link up their founding cup to the setup? If the tubes and tubes doesnt work what should I keep them in? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry if I’m late, But just to put it, Test Tubes are too small for them. They should stay in a container setup or something similar. Look at LCA’s (Lights Camera Ants) channel, he owns Atta Texana too. Over on his channel you should find how he keeps his Atta Colonies.

I am not aware what LCA does, but Cheeto(The person who wrote the guide) has kept all genera of leaf cutter ants sucessfully including Atta, Trachymyrmex, and Acromyrmex. A deli cup with plaster base is recommended. Also, make sure to catch lots of queens as these queens have a very small success rate, something around 3/100

Thank you! I'm sorry it's been a while . I haven't really logged on recently. If I do decide to start a colony I'll keep all of this in mind!