Hey all.
I've recently gotten my hands on a rather large Camponotus queen (banded sugar ant). She is almost 20mm in length and rather 'fat' for obvious reasons. Now I've gotten hold of a formicarium for her and her brood, however the size of the passageways look too thin and/or cramped.
I have one of the AusAnts starter ytong nexts and it looks like, from a beginners eyes, the tubing and holes would be too small to suit these possibly and certainly the Ants Canada thing I got given seems to be much too small too for the passageways. Banded Sugar Ants are rather large, workers are up to 8mm in length.
How should I look at proceeding? I'm not married to artificial nests and would honestly prefer a natural nest once the numbers get higher but these guys are slow growers. I'm toying with the idea of a tubes and container setup but, again, advice from those Aussies that have kept these would be greatly appreciated as I may just be panicking over nothing which also wouldn't surprise me.
Thanks guys and gals