ANTSTORE World of Ants

[kashmir79]

the ants will wake up from time to time to grab some food for the queen and workers, its just the eggs/larvae that will most likely die over hybernation as they need heat to develop

[sithmaster676]

eggs and cocoon/pupae will not survive hibernation but larva can if they are far enough along the development stage and have been fed a lot before hibernation then they can survive similar to the workers.
Sithmaster676

[hypervelocity]

Hi all,

I was wondering, if i was to put my Messor Barbarus in hibernation now, what would be the optimal time to bring them out?

[sithmaster676]

i believe messor barbarus only require 2-3 months hibernation so January-February would be the best time to take them out if you hibernated them now.
Sithmaster676

[JimmyVe]

South European ants prefer a hibernation period of 2-4 months so if you put them in hibernation know you can wake them up in February.

[hypervelocity]

Hi all,

Thank sithmaster676 and JimmyVe.
I have another question about Messor barbarus ants. I have recently discovered that Messor Barbarus require 10-15deg C for hibernation, what i wanted to know is were would i put the ants were the temperature is 10-15deg C?

[kashmir79]

outside in the shed/garage, or fridge

[mpir]

@kashmir79
I need to correct you on this one. In the fridge temperature is between 5-10 °C. So that is a bit too cold. Temperature outside in a shed can also drop bellow zero °C.
Garage in the house is a good idea. Or any unheated room in your house.

[JimmyVe]

in deed, i put mine in a unheated room. The temperature never go below 10°c there so it is perfect.

[jaikaiman]

Thats the plaster nest I made for it.

and thats the queen with her workers.

I ordered them from Antstore and got a queen with 5 workers, now I have 20 workers and a good brood. YAY

[ant dude]

intresting photos

[jaikaiman]

Theres plenty more on my site Antpage.co.uk. Do you have any other species ant dude?

[ant dude]

ok ill take a look at your site, i hope the pictures are just as quality and qualetey as the ones above lol

i currently own 4 species of ants,myrmica rubra x2 (my currant faviorites one colony has about 100-150 ants the other has 7 workers, both have 1 queen)1st colony is kept in basin 2nd in a y-tong tempereley

i also have 1 f.fusca colony it just has coupole workers cos i caught her, kept in small basin (temperley)

and 1 p.palldiulla colony about 25-50 workes i think

that it 4 the mo but i am planning on getting m.rubida from ant store once they finally come back on stock

[jaikaiman]

Cool,
Let me know some feedback on the site.
Ive got 1 colony of m.barbarus as mentioned, 1 colony of over a hundred M.Ruginodis in a starter farm set, 1 colony of T.caespitum now over 30 workers from the original 5 bought from here about 2 months ago, 1 colony of C.ligniperda 5 workers bought last week from here, and 1 colony of L.niger with 4 workers that started with the queen that I caught in the summer. All in starter sets...
I highly recommend T.caespitum, they are very lively.

[ant dude]

really really nice site lots information and some really nice pics aswell 10 out of 10 magnifercent work!

when did u start the site itself?