ANTSTORE World of Ants

[Alexander:)]

Hey guys this is my new rubra colony

Ive had them for about 2 days now and i am keeping them in a starter set, the starter set includes a small farm and arena

They consist of i think about 80 or so workers and 1 queen.

They are doing great, they are still in the test tube.

They have a big appetite and the other day i fed them 7 baby crickets and 1 spider So i think thats a good sign

So ye i just thought id share my pictures with you guys

Advice and Tips are appreciated.

[SteveUK28]

yeh i find my rubra love crickets.. they kill and take full grown ones back to the nest and yup ive found they LOVE apple.. will stay on it for hours sucking out the sugars. Mine aint too bothered about fish flakes tho.. atm im trying them with some Vitamin n Protien jelly from antstore n they seem to like it.. fair few ants all around it. They also like fruit flys too.. i think these ants will eat almost anything lol

[Alexander:)]

yes they are very easy going, ive just fed mine another load of live crickets. It's cool to watch them kill and take them back to the tube..
Ive also noticed that they are rubish climbers. Ive had to put a twig up to the hole with the tube to the farm in. To help them up

But i can't wait for them to start digging some tunnels that should be cool to watch.

Alex.

[ProXi]

I have a myrmica rubra colony myself
And I also really like them

I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do
and that everything will go well.

It's funny to see, that when I put a fly in the outside world,
and a worker discovers it. A couple seconds later a lot of friends
come out of the nest to help

I've seen a video of this behavior on youtube
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this is what I meant. Very funny to watch ( this is not my colony )

[Alexander:)]

Hey,

My ants have now started to make there nest !
I think they are gonna move in soon.

Here are some recent pictures.

Alex

[Spore]

Nice colonie, they seem very healthy and livley . By the way thats alot of fly pupae.

[SteveUK28]

very very nice

[Alexander:)]

Thanks, yes there are alot of pupas in there but atleast they won't get hungry

[SteveUK28]

Where did you get the fly pupa?

[Ehx-ray]

You can buy larvas in fishing shop. Leave them alone and you will get pupa and later fly.

Personalny, I keep container with flies in fridge under 0 C, so i have very cheap, efficient and steril source of proteins for my ants.

[mzfckr]

are these fishing pupas as healthy as crickets?

[ratgreen]

very good, i would love a colony of these but i dont have enough room , do your crickets smell really bad, as i bought micro crickets alot for my gecko and they stink and died after about a week,apart from like 5

[miszt]

Micro crickets require a very moist enviroment to survive, at least until the 2-3 stage, and yep crickets stink when they die lol gotta keep em cleaned out

Place a dish of fresh water with a sponge in it, in with the crickets every day, and they will last longer, rmeber the feed th protien to, like fish flakes, or even crushed up dog biscuits

[ratgreen]

kk that probably why they didnt survive long ,i got some dishes now though so i might get some more, and i was lazy and didnt clean them out... thanks

[Alexander:)]

I did have some baby crickets but they didn't last long.

Now i know to keep them moist