Hello, Ive recently taken up the hobby of ants. Ive had to wait until they (the ants) took their nuptial flight. This is when new queen ants emerge from the nest to start their own colony. This is generally before or after rainstorms. I was lucky as the ants came from a hole next to my turtle enclosure.
Ive tried many ways to raise the queen but I never had any luck until I recently found a new method. This method involves getting a small test tube and fill 1/3 of the tube with water and tightly push a cotton ball in making sure no water leaks. This provides the queen with a constant supply of water and humidity. You then put the queen in and plug the other end with more cotton buds.
Its been a couple of months and Ive had good success.
I'll leave her in the tube until she has 20+ workers then I'll move her into the plaster nest. I have 3 test tubes setup at the moment then at the end ill pick the best one and release the rest.
The Thorny Devil now needs a zoo license to keep them,they are under specialist care... are under extinction that i know of
i know a lay who had to travel 4hours to capture & relocate 1... then had to release under 48hours,with D.E.H sanction allowing it,but never know hopefully we will be lucky enough in our life time to have them secured & out of danger
Ant farms
Posted - 06 March 2010 : 16:34:23
. Ive had to wait until they (the ants) took their nuptial flight. This is when new queen ants emerge from the nest to start their own colony. This is generally before or after rainstorms. I was lucky as the ants came from a hole next to my turtle enclosure.
