ANTSTORE World of Ants

[brightbluejacket]

which white insects?

[tail__]

Woodlice are crustaceans, not insects As I said it's not hard to get them (they live in most of natural nests ofLasius and some other common ants), but I haven't yet found a way to persuade my ants not to kill them.

[Skippy]

tail:

sry for as I call them "white insects" , but I am not so good in EN to call it crustaceans ... and i wanted to write it understandly for all...
As you said , yeah other species are attacking them in formicarium , but i thought about nature terariums where is that animal in soil and eating materials what ants given out from nest - parts of insects ,dead workers , rest of cocoons etc. ...
of course , I saw you know about ants really a lot ,are you active to studying it ? ...

S

[brightbluejacket]

Would one of the Formica species be the best suited to this project or should i go for a different?

[tail__]

Skippy - it's only my little hobby

brightbluejacket - you can try with any species.

[jeoff82]

In my Niger foraging area I have many millipedes and woodlice and one baby centrepede. I wouldnt expect the ants to eat these but they do a good job of tiding up. Maybe will take the centrepede out as it will probably feed on the ants! I wont be putting a Devils coach horse beetle in either as they probably will eat the ants given the chance! Nice beetles though, and one hell of a bite.

[Phasmid]

Devils coach horse won't attack your ants but if it runs near the entrance the ants my try to grab its legs, then they will be injured/killed when the beetle removes them.
I had I sort of ecosystem for my Messor barbarus. I had many beetles (from superworms), wood lice, centipedes, devils coach and many other bugs. Now I just have many superworms and wood lice and if the numbers of either become too great then they cannot all hide and the Messors have a feast .
I have given up on introducing centipedes as they are quickly hunted down by the ants .