ANTSTORE World of Ants

[JimmyVe]

I really dont know why they kill other queens. Maybe Jimmy could say something about it

The only reason i can think of now is that they just kill the new queens because they are getting in the way. If they do not fly out most of them are getting killed, some of them will help around in the nest like workers.
But there can be many other reasons, stress maybe...

[miszt]

I think my ants are probly the best fed in the world


heres my workers tucking into a piece of medium-rare Aberdeen Angus 21 day matured serloin they definitly seem to appriciate the finer things in life lol

[kashmir79]

HAHA

nice one, man they seem to love that !

[miszt]

init! that pic was taken about 10mins after I put it in..right now you cant see the meat for ants lol

[JimmyVe]

What did you put in there (sorry i can not see what it is) ?
(nice picture)

[miszt]

a piece of...

[SteveUK28]

Miszt.. is it me or are them ants quite big???

[bigbibble]

What humidity and temperature must p.dives be kept at?

[miszt]

I have myne currently at 24-26C, this is fairly low for dives, I would prefer to keep them at 26-28, but my heater is not working to well so I've set it lower, as I dont want to cook them lol Humidity doesnt matter to much, but they are tropical, so humid is good my main basin is 60-80%


yeah they are pretty big Steve, my biggest workers are 12-14mm

[miszt]

a quick pic...allot more detail this time, am itchin to get hold of my rev and extention tube!!

[JimmyVe]

Getting better (these pics) nice one miszt.

[ChetuNat]

It seems that u are doing much better with this specie than me I can only hope that my next colony does better.Great pictures btw.

[ChetuNat]

How much do you feed these ants? I mean that how much food do they require..say in a week?

[miszt]

I have a pretty big colony, around 600-700 ants now, I feed them 3-4 crickets or meal worms, every day! they also eat about a tea spoon of honey every 2 days

so allot lol

I'm expecting the colony to hit 1000+ in the next 2 months, and the food consumption to go up allot

[miszt]

New nest is nearly ready as soon as my oven is installed i'll sterlize everything and put it together, and post usm pics once i have the net back