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Messor Barbarus (5) Update

I have had this small colony (queen number 5) for 2 months now, they arrived as a colony of a Queen and a handful of workers and that is...

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2023 Captured Queen Ant Update

I've been deliberately ignoring the queen ants I captured back on the 7th of July so that they can have some peach to do their own thing....

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Calming unsettled queen ants

I posted recently about the new queen ants I have captured, several of them seem to have had trouble settling in and have been very...

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Flying Ant Day at Last

At about nine o'clock yesterday evening, I'd finished what I was doing for the day and was settling in for an hour of YouTube before bed...

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House-proud ants

Ants are often quite neat and tidy, some species more so that others. I recently added a test tube pod (from Wakooshi) to my small Messor...

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Wiggly Worms in the Fridge

My ants need a combination of sugar and protein to thrive, the sugar is easy, I use Sunburst Nectar which is made for the purpose and a...

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Should I feed my Lasius Flavus Queen?

Lasius Flavus are fully claustral, which means that the queen can survive the full time taken from laying eggs up to the arrival of the...

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Wakooshi Test Tube Pods - A Problem Solved?

Keeping a young ant colony in their test tube for an extended period is great for getting them established but it does come with a couple...

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Do I stay, or do I go?

I've got my small collection of ants and have enjoyed watching their behaviour, they also have an amazing ability to frustrate me as they...

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