Durant wrote:Wow that's awesome!!!

Where did u get that awesome nest?
I got the nest from a really cool guy who owns the byFormica forums (dspdrew), he designed it for his Acromyrmex sp. and I'm just using the same nest design with the other two chambers closed off for now until they need the space.
Aaron567 wrote:Wow! You are so lucky! I've been wanting to catch a Trachymyrmex queen all summer. They have nests all around my house and I've witnessed them having nuptial flights, but I still have not seen or caught a fertile queen.
Their nest don't go too deep, if you see their colonies all around you can collect a full colony, their exoskeletons are hard enough that you can pick them up with your thumb and index finger and collect them one by one. They aren't really aggressive either, again if you don't have a fungus problem, these guys are really easy to keep.
I had to dig up a wild nest to get some fungus for my queen, as you can tell from the older picture that I only took a little bit from that wild colony. When I dug that wild colony up, I could have dumped that whole fungus garden in a bucket and tossed all the workers in there too and had a mature colony, but I knew I already had a queen. If she dies, I'm digging one up next year though

(The Trachymymex in my yard for some reason aren't showing their head's anymore. They might have their fungus built up already for the winter, but I know where their nest were and every now and then I'll see one pop up from beneath the ground. So they must still be there xD)