So I've had a poke about, managed to find a place to get different sizes of perspex and I think the best choice for me would be to get a glue-type stuff from the antstore or a similar one from a local shop (postage is much less that way
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I am gonna try a set up for messor barbarus, a friend of mine has given me a queen with no brood, its now in a test tube with water and given insect parts every now and then.
I've had a long look about on the forums and the debate seems to be whether to go with acrylic or ytong, as they sometimes eat, or chew, the ytong. I was thinking of making a smallish design in ytong for when i get a decent amount of workers with two basins, one for foraging, one for trash. The ytong could be added to in the future to hopefully stop them 'chewing' on it. This material seems the best to keep moist and heated well too.
I did however come across a few setups on other websites & forums that use a plaster formed nest for messor species as they dont chew it. Has anyone had any experience with this? I would assume this is a little harder to keep humidity?