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I got this messor queen from Ants R us just before Christmas, I've been ant keeping a while but I've always bought Queens with workers allready. Just, when do I expect some eggs?

i have a trap jaw ant queen that has 6 eggs in a batch and is in a test tube setup. i can only keep her at 66 degrees at most because of the electric bill, but how do i get her eggs to hatch into larvae?

I've (in uk) wanted to get a none native ant species (probably black carpenter ants) but my only real worry is if they would have a nuptial flight and I'd have to just leave them in there, not to release none native species into the wild.

Just got sugar water in them atm

I want to buy a new colony but i dont know where

So i found a website called antglobe but i dont know if its a scam or not. Beacuse i want to buy pheidole megacephala

I have a colony of about 1.5k solenopsis invicta that I got from a queen I found in my backyard almost a year ago and I found another queen of the same species today.

What would happen if I introduced this new queen into my ants' out world? Would they kill her? Or get her to their queen?

I put the new queen in a test tube set up already, was just curious.

I'm having issues with time so I bought some liquid feeders with the intention of leaving a lot of food for the ants (at least carbs) for as long as possible but now I'm seeing some people saying that I need to change the honey inside the honey water liquid feeder every day. I need a solution where I don't need to feed the ants everyday. Hopefully, something that allows me to feed them 1x//week. Can I do it using liquid feeders?

So i am keeping ants for a few years now and i want to buy a pheidole megacephala but i dont know any website to buy. And i am worried that some websites are scams. And i live in Europe. So please help

photo taken by me Collected from Thailand.

i have a trap jaw ant queen that a friend gave me and i am wondering if there is anything i should know before keeping this species. i think the species is odontomachus bauri

https://preview.redd.it/a4ocxd3osfge1.png?width=1120&format=png&auto=webp&s=9ae77e4113534f2d6bfef782476bd4ff106b7d78

sorry for the blurry screenshot, she still has her wings and does have a batch of 6 eggs, i would like to know when or if they will hatch at 66 degrees and if she is fertile

Based off stateside ant’s guide to caring. It’s a bifurcated mini hearth, with a heating pad under 1/3 the nest. They seem very comfortable and healthy.

But I want you to rate the outworld’s contents.

I got my ants about a month or so and i tried to feed them fly's but they dont eat them. So mainly i just give them slices of apples, seeds and sugar. Most ants dont move but the ones that do, look hurt or just try to escape by going onto the ceiling but they fall off and repeat it nonstop. I'm really worried because also recently the ants that live in my house found a way in my ant farm and have been eating the apple but recently stopped. Please help me.

Is there somebody in this community that sells a camponotus nicobarensis colony? Preferably not bigger than 25 workers.

Just confused. I'm in Wisconsin, and wondering where to start. I don't know what species is best for a beginner (I love honeypot ants and leafcutters but those are probably too advanced for me.) or what gear to buy.

I've heard the hobby is generally more expensive, and species are harder to get in the US? Honestly, being pointed towards any of the good guides or videos would be great.

Colony coming out of hibernation seemed only mildy interested in a cricket or honey but is going wild for a piece of Vanilla Wafer.

Do I just not have enough variety of sugar / protein??

Anyone have size comparison on the WaKooshi micro feeding dishes? Will a micro fit in a test tube? The site doesn’t list the size.

I’m assuming the are 3d printed but somewhere has to sell these in bulk and different sizes. I’d love to make my own next with theses. ATM I’m just using a mold and making a huge plaster next and putting acrylic sheet on top and magnets to hold it together but would like a outter box and I could pour directly into the box.

Thanks

Also any idea on small clear outworld boxes I could also buy?

Need some advice I have Pheidole megacephala for a colony and they dwindled down to 19 workers (big headed workers and regular) and lost one queen and have one left. For the last month I have been feeding them crickets, honey, and water. They no longer take the seeds. What else can I feed them to help them get their numbers up?