ANTSTORE World of Ants

[drahcir]

I noticed some big ants wandering around outside so I looked online and discovered they were fertilised wingless QUEENS! So I caught one in a matchbox and looked for some things to make a formicary. I have made a simple formicary from a big glass jar filled with soil and some rocks, and I've made a moat. I put the queen in hoping she will start a nest.

Is this ok? Is there anything special I need to do?

Any advice welcome, Thanks!

[JimmyVe]

Hello drahcir and welcome,

This is fine to start off with. But read around this forum a bit and you will find how to make a nice farm and how to take care of your ants. Check out the Care sheet.

Good luck.

[gabranth]

do you still have to top for the glass jar?

[moxi93]

i found around 10 today around my gaden. i tried folowing them but they take too long lol

[drahcir]

Ok thanks, I'll read around the forum more. I have looked at the care sheet but I don't have glass / pipes etc so I probably won't be able to make something really good.

I have the lid to the jar, but won't they suffocate if I put it back on?

Thanks guys

[gabranth]

get the lid and i thin piece of cloth like a hanky or something similar that lets air through then cut a hole in the lid put the cloth on the top of the jar then screw the lid over it

[JimmyVe]

That you can do, for now. But like i said, if the colony is getting bigger you need a good setup !

[miszt]

I would recomend keeping new queens in test tubes, rather than jars like that, Queens can die fairly easily, and you'll never know

you can make them very easily...

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and they are cheap to buy, for eg on Ebay

[damondeionno]

Is that soil moist? If it drys out the queens will die. Also, that moat will simply kill the queens if they try to leave. They will get to the top of the jar and fall into the water. You are better off with a lid with small holes in it.