I'm going to be starting a photography project based on ants for the next year, so i would like to keep a colony to study and have easy access for photographs. I have spent the past few months researching about keeing ants and have built my first y-tong nest
I would like to use UK species to; promote our own species and they are cheaper (and also i dont want to introduce new species if they escape
). I need a species that would be quite active with some interesting behaviour. Also the bigger the better as i hope to get very close-up photos of them. Also maybe not too fast as ants are not easy to photograph at the best of times!The species i have been consiering are; Myrmica rubra, Formica fusca, Camponotus ligniperdus or Camponotus herculeanus. However if you have anyother suggestions they would be much apreciate
Many thanks for your help!
