Today I learnt that the that the glass starter kit ant farm, that I have been using for many years, have been discontinued. I discovered this today when I received an enquiry from a visitor to my website, who asked me for advice on ant farm. The visitor informed me that the link on my website […]
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Ant escapes and food. My three captive ant colonies have been very busy over the past few weeks. It has been very warm and dry outside. I have recently purchased some more live food for my ants, namely, cockroaches and morio worms. Usually I buy enough of these to create breeding colonies, so enabling me to have
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My ant colonies have been very active so far this summer. There has been lots of foraging, but not much in the way of nest expansion. Lasius umbratus Despite the presence of the queen, the population size continues to decrease. A few years ago the nesting boxes were full almost to the brim with worker