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[RushmoreAnts]

Stabroodtites and stabroodmites...

[ANTdrew]

Update 7-14-2025
After a lot of grief and headaches, I’ve learned that talcohol barriers are really the only way to contain Crematogaster cerasi. Barriers do get worn away, though, as ants test them all day everyday. This happened with a ring of talc I put on the escape proof lip in my mega-outworld last week, which allowed workers to surpass the lip. They still couldn’t escape out of the lid, though. Luckily, talcohol is extremely easy to reapply, so I quickly fixed the issue before it got out of hand. A few unlucky workers died a drunken death in the process, however, when they got caught up in the paintbrush I was using to reapply.
Here is what the new barrier looks like:

Consider it the first obstacle in the American Ninja Ant Warrior course.

[ANTdrew]

Here’s a brood mountain GIF:

Edited by ANTdrew, July 15 2025 - 6:30 AM.

[ANTdrew]

Y’all thirsty much?

[Ernteameise]

This colony is amazing.

They are not even like an army. They are like a tide.

[ANTdrew]

Thank you! Yes, they move like a liquid.

[washingtonANTS]

Update?
Update?

[ANTdrew]

Update 8-3-2025

The colony continues its rampant growth. The top tier of their UtahAnts nest is mostly full of brood, and they even stack some up the walls of the outworld sometimes. I fed them mealworms again from my home culture, which recently started producing again, and they went nuts for them.

Protein rush:


Brood wall:

Why use an expensive nest if you can stack brood up the walls of your outworld??

[RushmoreAnts]

I can 100% see how Tetras and Cremas are cousins.

 

(Both are in the tribe Crematogastrini.)