Messor barbarus - Queen Serenity - Day 218

I finally know how to upload a Youtube video with the high quality option. So here it is! Forgot to cut out the audiotrack, but don't worry. You don't have to listen to my crappy voice in this one. I kept silent. ^^

There are far more than 300 ants in my nest with an estimated growth rate of 2 to 3 new workers per day. The two chambers on the right couldn't support the vast amount of ants so they have to spread out to the left.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• messor
• barbarus
• ants
• ameisen
• queen
• königin
• worker
• arbeiterin
• pygmäe
• nest
• colony
• kolonie

[johnlasiusniger]

how do you feed them without them escaping

[antblogger]

Easy, I'm using a thin layer of fluon to prevent them from climbing out. Alternativly, you can use cooking oil, as they hate the smell.

[triptriptrip]

is that a y tong

[antblogger]

Yes, exactly. Do you have that in canada, too?

[SimDAAP]

Oh, so i could feed an ant some steak for the protein right? Or would the protein be given from any other household food with lots of protein? Or are the ants specific to bug meat?

[antblogger]

Keep it natural. We don't know, if there are ant specific nutrients in the prey's meat. Go outside with a jar and catch some insects. If you are disgusted by that, then ant keeping isn't the right hobby for you. :P

There must be some pet shops near you which sell meal worms or crickets or flies with crippled wings (they are fed to pet reptiles). Kill them with boiling water and cut them open.

[tyandash666]

If you would like to get what this guy has keep an eye out at antsinyourpants.webs.com and search my username: tylerberk123 on ebay!!!

[hecktick133]

Do you ever get two colonies and make them fight? I always wanted to see that..

[Omgimolaf]

How do you make a ytong nest?

[Omgimolaf]

How did you make ytong nest?

[Polyman92]

@antblogger Nope :(

[FuriousFirez]

Queen's are nessecary in a nest, without it all of the ants will eventually die. Digging up ant nests doesn't work btw, you better buy them or wait till their mating season has started, and pick up a wingless queen when they are done.

[LegoSantaMoss]

Where did you get a queen ant because I thought those were the only ants that could reproduce?

[antboy888]

nice nest

[dodgydogman]

You're so luck! My Acromyrmex octospinosus colony has only around 100..