Messor barbarus queen in ant farm with brood 090704_1

[tonywhyte]

Hey, how did u get it to lay so many eggs?

[Stuart2554]

I love this species! fairly easy to keep with a big diversity of worker castes. Love those super majors!

[CostesseyAntBoy]

might seem wierd coming from a human but cute :P

[norick020]

whats the farm called

[mastercheff1216]

that is a great nest were you get them from :)

[gheita12]

@mastercheff1216 i searched 4 a local store 4 weeks but i had 2 order 1 online in the end could only find gel though lol =)

[mastercheff1216]

@gheita12 lol try ant store, they sell them at good prices and quality, the shipping is from Germany, you can pay by debit/credit card ect, I would suggest not using the gel farm, apparently it kills the ants.

[PreppyPoser1]

@mastercheff1216 Additionally the "light" is what really kills them. Plus overwhelming them with food is not a good idea either, it was just for a short term experiment, and the experiment had no intention of long term nest survival anyways. They just wanted to see how they dig at zero gravity.

[Pondsisini]

@gheita12 Uncle Milton's antfarms are good.