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Post by andrewryan01 on Mar 7, 2006 22:56:33 GMT
I thought it would be a good idea for people to post what they deem to be the most interesting species to keep, the simplest species to keep, least interesting and the hardest species to keep. This will help newcomers and existing ant keepers make decisions on the species they next choose.
1) My Easiest - Lasius Niger
2) My Hardest - Messor Barbarus (Just the queen took a while for colony to grow and finding the right type of food was hard round here)
3) Most Interesting - Formica Rufa (Pretty Active)
4) Least Interesting - Lasius Flavus (too small especially from Germany)
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Post by Vendayn on Mar 8, 2006 4:38:57 GMT
1) My Easiest - Solenopsis invicta (Imported Fire ants. In August I will have them for a year now, yay.) 2) My Hardest - Odorous House ants (Have tried three or four times, the colony grows really good then it seems like someone went in with bug spray and killed them all overnight. Leaving only one queen and a few workers left) 3) Most Interesting - Solenopsis invicta (very interesting ant for some reason. Besides them being easiest to keep I like how they make their mounds and how they recruit nest mates to a food source and a bunch of other stuff) 4) Least Interesting - Argentine ant (Not really much to say, they are everywhere where I live and don't do much.) Thats mine  |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 8, 2006 16:44:18 GMT
I think this is my choice  1) Easiest species= most definitely Lasius niger. 2) Hardest= Camponotus of any kind and Pogonomyrmex. 3) Most Interesting= Formica rufa and Messor species, and also Myrmica. 4) Top Ants for interest= Myrmecocystus. 5) Least Interesting= Don't really have any  |
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Post by B-Rabbit on Mar 9, 2006 3:03:27 GMT
Heh.... Maybe I should jump in on this....
Hardest = Lasius neoniger hands down, I've only had success when 5 queens were put in a small jar with a moist cotton ball and they raised workers, then died from mold...
Easiest = Bah, I'll go out on a tie, Pheidole are easy to maintain, eat anything, and grow very rapidly but are small. Formica rufibarbis, larger, but very common, kinda a pest, very agressive ants that eat pretty much everything and grow to incredibly large colonies.
Most interesting = tie between my orange Camponotus colony and my Pheidole colony. Camp's because they are so pretty, and Pheidole because of the rate they grow.
Least interesting = Formica neorufibarbis had them for a long time, easy to find, easy to raise, doesn't take much care for them to thrive.
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