ANTSTORE World of Ants

[kashmir79]

hold on are they in Soil/sand. because ligniperda only live in rotten dead wood hence the name ' Carpenter ants'.

you can have them in a y-tong too. i keep mine in a y-tong. also remember most ants are nocturnal.

i hope is well with them.

[badman]

I know wood is ideal but my understanding is they can live in soil/sand nests aswell. The antshop page says they can too.

[Mc_Lasius]

I have found an LIgniperda nest under a stone once, the nest was in soil.

(By the way, does anyone know how long it takes for ligniperda to go from newborn white to normal color)

[badman]

My ligniperda were never completely white, they're mid section (the red bit) would be white for a few days, but the head and gaster would start out black.

[JimmyVe]

(By the way, does anyone know how long it takes for ligniperda to go from newborn white to normal color)

Normally less than a week.

[badman]

ok so I waited like 3 weeks and no above ground activity, I put some pieces of meal worm and flies there, but they weren't touched. Do you guys suggest I keep waiting a bit more or should I poke around?

[badman]

I have continued to offer these ants food, and honey, the solid food is untouched and I have not seen them at all. Obviously I cannot tell if they are drinking honey at night, it is possible but seems unlikely.

After about 6 weeks of inactivity, (following their crazy behaviour, fighting and death) I thought it was time to have a look, so I disrupted the nest.

Well turns out you guys were right. The ants were about 6 inches under the loam and became hostile.
There are 6 remaining workers (So 10 must have died), the queen seems fine and there is a small brood.

While they were out I got them to eat some sugar water, then they quickly covered the nest back up, and overnight they moved back into the connecting tube. This is actually better as I wanted to remove them from the loam anyway. So I decided to put the tube into a basin and find them some wood to nest in instead.

This was a few days ago, and I can see the ants now, it just amazes me that they have not eaten for nearly 2 months. They have blocked the tube again now and seem to be inactive again.

[JimmyVe]

I'm glad they are still alive. These ants grow really slow and when a colony is that small they are inactive most of the time. Maybe you can heat the farm up a bit, to see what they do. Don't heat it up to much.