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Post by popitgoes on Mar 7, 2014 11:56:09 GMT
I was just wondering if there is anybody in Staffordshire that keeps ants?
also I may be in the process of buying Messor barbarus do many of you find these a hard species of ant to keep or are they quite straight forward?
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 7, 2014 12:06:15 GMT
also I may be in the process of buying Messor barbarus do many of you find these a hard species of ant to keep or are they quite straight forward? I have found that the species is fairly easy to keep given a warm place to live, which why my 2 colonies are both kept in medium sized plastic tanks in our kitchen/dining room. Once the colony is about a year old with 30+ workers and is eating well, it grows very quickly. Nice to see you here on the Ant Hill again popitgoes.  Welcome back. |
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Post by popitgoes on Mar 7, 2014 12:10:53 GMT
Had to move house so everything was put on hold but now I'm back to it again . was horrible moving house lost a lot of tarantulas do to problems in the new home  but now things are back to normal everything is working fine so now I get to get some Ants would a Ytong or an Acrylic/Glass enclosure be best for M barbarus? also wood ant do you know anybody with ants that is in Staffordshire by any chance? |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 7, 2014 12:19:40 GMT
Don't know offhand of anyone in Staffordshire, but we do have members all over the UK so there should be a few near you.
You can keep Messor barbs in Ytong as you can read members journals who have done this. Acrylic or glass type formicariums are also fine.
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Post by popitgoes on Mar 7, 2014 13:00:18 GMT
I am starting off small with my enclosure then eventually go up to the 4/3/3 sized enclosure I originally wanted, but that will possibly be over a year away lol
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