I am running out of room where I currently keep all my ant colonies and was wondering where do people keep all of their ants? If you want to attach a picture please do so!
Thank You
Evan
Edited by evanmancini2011, September 26 2024 - 5:29 PM.
I am running out of room where I currently keep all my ant colonies and was wondering where do people keep all of their ants? If you want to attach a picture please do so!
Thank You
Evan
Edited by evanmancini2011, September 26 2024 - 5:29 PM.
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8
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I keep my ants on a shelfing unit in my living room.
Some of my colonies need hibernation, these formicaria I place into a box on my balcony, and if it is getting too freezing for them, they will be placed into a unheated attic room.
I keep them on my dresser, and I would also recommend a cheep shelf.
And many Carnivorous plants such as: Dionea muscipula (fly trap), Sarracenia x 'Fiona' ( American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese ventrata (Tropical Pitcher plant), and Pinguicula agnata x emarginata (Butterwort) (show off your plants here)
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores it's provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8
In the summer I keep mine on a shelf in my garage. In the winter I place the hibernating species in the fridge and non-hibernating (like Tetras) on a shelf in my room.
"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version
Keeping:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
I put these shelves up in the hottest room in my house: the kitchen.
I also put my ants in the hottest room in my house: the attic
Currently Keeping:
Camponotus texanus x2 Pheidole obtusospinosa - 2 workers
Camponotus vicinus - 15-20 workers Solenopsis xyloni x7 - Batch of eggs
Camponotus pennsylvanicus - 95-100 workers Pheidole lamia - 4 workers
Dorymyrmex bureni - 3 workers
Formica spp. - 5 workers
Neoponera villosa x15
Crematogaster lineolata x5 - 75-100 workers
Hello Everyone;
I have a workshop attached to the house with a large window facing south-west. Plants and ants share the shelves and benefit from the warming sunshine. The plant lights are on in the evening, which is usually when I tend to my ants.
A large tree outside the window helps moderate the direct sunlight and I shade some setups with newspaper, so they don't overheat. If I only shade a part of a chamber, it creates a warm and cool side to the nest.
On the opposite wall I keep small colonies and some of my Camponotus ants. I use a heating pad to warm some developing colonies.
For winter I pack these all up and store them in my root cellar.
RPT
Isn’t an attic too hot? Mine gets to 120 degrees in the summer.
Well, it's more like a insulated attic because it has 2 layers of walls (including the roof) It usually stays around 80-85f
Currently Keeping:
Camponotus texanus x2 Pheidole obtusospinosa - 2 workers
Camponotus vicinus - 15-20 workers Solenopsis xyloni x7 - Batch of eggs
Camponotus pennsylvanicus - 95-100 workers Pheidole lamia - 4 workers
Dorymyrmex bureni - 3 workers
Formica spp. - 5 workers
Neoponera villosa x15
Crematogaster lineolata x5 - 75-100 workers
When moving to current flat (one large room, really) I envisioned keeping all my living things limited to one cabinet, which would extend into the room and form a space divisor between the couch area and my desk area. After years it is getting hard at times, especially during nuptial flight season, but for now - all my live creatures are back in this IKEA Kallax based animal cabinet. Well, there are also ants overwintering in my fridge But I don't think that counts as breaking the "animals only in this cabinet rule".
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