Messor Barbarus: New Nest

This is a short tour of the new nest of my Messor Barbarus ants. I used 2 Ytong blocks to make the nest and connected the 2 sides with a green plastic tube. The nest is placed in an old aquarium (aprox. 60X30X37) so the ants can't bite their way out.
I have no idea how many ants this 2 year old colony currently counts, but it must be more than 1000.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• ants
• mieren
• ameisen
• fourmis
• nest
• messor barbarus
• basin
• formicarium
• aquarium

[ALAUpdator]

So thats talcom poweder thats keeping them in?

[mpower000]

@ALAUpdator Yeah, in this video it's only talcum powder. But after they escaped a couple of times, I added PTFE (fluon) too.

[smudgecd]

Wow one hell of a set up got to be said might steal the design wen my colony is bigger

[mpower000]

@donpurokogi I'm not in the UK, but you should be able to find it there too, most likely with another name. It's gas concrete, used to isolate walls etc...

[donpurokogi]

@mpower000 yea but are you in the uk? i cant seem to find ytong

[Tezcamg]

wow..........esta increíble !!

Muy buen trabajo.

[mpower000]

@DemonsLite A "do it yourself"- shop. Where you can buy hammers, saws, cement, tiles, sand, ladders, ...

[DemonsLite]

@mpower000 whats a DIY store?

[mpower000]

@DemonsLite At any DIY store ;)

[DemonsLite]

ummm where u get the ytong?