hypervelocity: Leaf Cutter ants: (27. Mai 2007 21:58)

Hi all, i was wondering if any of you know anything about leaf cutter ants. i.e what to put them in, food, tempretur and any more info you could help me with.

JimmyVe: (27. Mai 2007 22:37)

Hi hypervelocity. I keep a small colony of them myself. They are very hard to keep i must say, if you like keeping them you need a bit of experience.
The one i keep are from Argentina, they need a temperature from 25°c to 30°c and a humidity from about 70% i feed them much leafs (of course) from different plants and sometimes also some bugs and sugar water or honey.
I don't know if you know it but they make a fungus garden from the leafs. The live from that for 90%.

Philsen: (27. Mai 2007 22:38)

Sry, but Leaf Cutter´s are nothing for Kids....

hypervelocity: (27. Mai 2007 22:40)

thanks JimmyVe, i now about the fungus and am not going to buy them myself (yet) they are level 3 ant the only ants i have are L asius flavus, Messor barbarus, L asius niger and C amponotus ligniperda LOL.

Kiam: (27. Mai 2007 22:42)

And your 13 cool :P

People in my school will think its sad to have ants lol I think its interesting :P

JimmyVe: (27. Mai 2007 22:44)

If they think that is sad, they in deed don't now that ants are very interesting. ;)

That is nice hypervelocity, this are nice species to start of with. If you have a bit more experience you may try some harder species. ;)

hypervelocity: (27. Mai 2007 22:44)

Me 2 lol, every one makes jokes about me keeping ants, but i want to be a profecianl Myrmecologist when i grow up.

Also to anny other vewers: What kind of basin would i keep laef cutters in?

Kiam: (27. Mai 2007 22:46)

Jimmy i ordered some ants of the antstore and the cost to get to my house costs more than the ants LOL one off the shipments was £90 isnt that wayyyyyyy to much for shipment lol
My shipment is 10 pound which is still quite high lol

hypervelocity: (27. Mai 2007 22:50)

Reply to JimmyVe: thank Jim, i will as i grow more wiser about ants.

JimmyVe: (27. Mai 2007 22:50)

That is the saddest part about ordering from antstore, the shipping cost, but there is not much you can do about that.

The easiest farm to keep them in is a sand nest i think.