ANTSTORE World of Ants

[Easton]

If your wooden nest is ready, let they decide if they need a new one Put down the opened tube at the formicarium/tank/area (what the best word for this ? ) and if they leave the tube they want and need a new one otherwise you will have to wait

[Lewis]

thanks I am building it today, so will introduce when its done. So far a few workers have come out of the tube and had some honey!

[Lewis]

well I put them in the set up and they wont come out at all! they have had some horse fly though also one of the pupae hatched.

[Easton]

Be patient, give them a few days. Some photos would be nice!

[Lewis]

ok, I will try with a pretty bad camera :/

[Lewis]

When I went to take the photos I noticed that worker was in the nest! How long did it take for yours to move in?

[Easton]

I have cover the wooden nest with some red/black foil, that the wooden nest is dark inside If they after 2-3 days went inside the queen stay until now inside the entry and that corridor were closen with some fruits (my love strawberries )

Nice tank and good pictures!

[Easton]

Perhaps you could glue the log at the glass plate, because at the first picture there could be seen a big gap.

[Lewis]

Thanks and yes the nest is always dark, and amazingly they have moved in!! After the first worker at midday today they slowly moved the brood and then the queen!! now that they are in I don't think I should glue it but what is the reason and maybe I will, I have now moved it closer to reduce the gap any way.

Regards

[Lewis]

the colony has increased from 11 to 20 something, so quick! also they tack about 2 crickets per day!

[Easton]

Nice to hear, that they grow so fast

My have now build a very little 2nd nest at one Tillandsie and they make the entry / hole smaller with some pulp of raspberries and strawberries



Give them some sweet fruits and see what happend and also the walls of that fruits don't get moldy.

[Lewis]

thanks will try that soon!

[Lewis]

the colony is doing great, they have gone from 11 worker when i got them to beyond 50 with a lot of brood, also the new workers coming through are considerable larger than the older ones, i thought larger workers don't arrive this soon? what do you think? they did managed to eat 7- small cricket, and four of them were killed by them, they are the most aggressive ants i have ever had, for example Camponotus species get very scared but these just go straight in for the kill with no hesitation!

[Easton]

Nice to hear that they grow up. I have one question, could you see the antqueen inside your nest?

[Lewis]

yeah the queen is always visible, what about you?