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stevecowles
Jul 23, 20231 min read
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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stevecowles
Jul 20, 20231 min read
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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stevecowles
Jul 15, 20232 min read
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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stevecowles
Jul 8, 20231 min read
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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stevecowles
Jul 3, 20231 min read
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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stevecowles
Jun 28, 20231 min read
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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stevecowles
Jun 23, 20232 min read
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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stevecowles
Jun 22, 20232 min read
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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stevecowles
May 26, 20231 min read
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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