ANTSTORE World of Ants

[AntsNational]

Awesome!!!! Yes you are correct, fish and tackle shops here don't sell maggots. It really does suck! I will PM you, thanks for the info!!

[antboyuk]

Is this tank ok for my Messor barbarus ill get on tuesday its a bit empty at the sec lol

[Andie]

Yea looks good They will probably end up nesting in all that substrate so perhaps you might want to take that out, unless thats your plan. Are you getting the ants tuesday or the tank ?

[antboyuk]

yeah i got the queen today and my plan was to let them dig is that ok or do I need anything else and that is my tank.

[Andie]

Today i was happy to see that there are already pupae inside the nest, all goes well so far this year for the harvesters. I still have plenty of dandelion seeds left over from last summer and they are always eager to choose these over millets, another month and i will be able to collect more of these seeds. I still want to get some niger seeds to see how they compare.

[Ukantzz]

Looks great keep up the work and keep us updated very keen to see how this goes

[adam james]

Great stuff Andie , they are really doing well mate ,

[Ukantzz]

I think im going to give this species a try for sure

[Andie]

Thx guys for the thumbs up, its difficult to try and write something new but i will keep updating this thread when i can

[Ukantzz]

Thx guys for the thumbs up, its difficult to try and write something new but i will keep updating this thread when i can

Please do

[Andie]

So just over a year old now since i first got this queen and as you have seen since coming out from hibernation the colony is doing very well. So just a couple of pics from inside the nest and a short video showing the progression. I’m considering changing their nest as i’m affraid the plaster inside the faunarium will slip causing a disaster. I have made another but i will need to persuade the ants that the alternative nest will be better for them, anyway that will be a few weeks away yet before i get around to doing this.
In the pics we see which i think is the larvae from the previously shown eggs laid after the winter break, and the next pic i think could be the pupated larvae from left over from last year. ( Not sure on that though )

[Ukantzz]

Thanks for update all is looking good for you

I want to order this spec but they only have the queen with no worker option, and I am looking to give them a boost with a few worker to start with so Im going to have to wait, plus my setup isn't quite finished

[Andie]

Why dont you just get a couple of queens and start from the beginning ? you get much more satisfaction from starting from scratch, and it wont take long before the queens have their first workers.

[Ukantzz]

I might, but some say it's really hard to start from scratch with this specie as they get stressed offen, and I wasn't looking for a large amount of workers just 1-4 to get started as this will be my first southern eurapeen specie

[Ukantzz]

Why dont you just get a couple of queens and start from the beginning ? you get much more satisfaction from starting from scratch, and it wont take long before the queens have their first workers.

I was just wandering are you the guy who made ant hill wood or am I getting confused because that website has helped me alot