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Looking for budget ant nest


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#1 Offline Antdaddy - Posted November 22 2025 - 6:44 PM

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I have been looking on the internet for cheap ant nest so I can move my camponotus colony and a few tetramorium colonies in spring. I am looking for a nest under 50 dollars but big enough to keep my colony in for at least a year. I don't trust myself to make a nest, becuase knowing myself, I will probably make a dumb mistake and kill my colony. My ant colony has about 25 workers and a good amount of larva. Any ideas?



#2 Offline WiteBeam - Posted November 22 2025 - 8:04 PM

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I bought one of these from ExponentMars earlier in the year. Best thing I’d recommend on a budget. https://www.formicul...le/#entry242317
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#3 Offline Zhuge - Posted November 22 2025 - 8:41 PM

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Tar heel ants mini hearth is pretty good


If you have permits to ship pheidole californica to washington pls lmk

Keeping:

Solenopsis molesta

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Tetramorium immigrans

Camponotus modoc

2 lasius queens (prob pallitarsis)


#4 Offline bmb1bee - Posted November 22 2025 - 10:27 PM

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I have been looking on the internet for cheap ant nest so I can move my camponotus colony and a few tetramorium colonies in spring. I am looking for a nest under 50 dollars but big enough to keep my colony in for at least a year. I don't trust myself to make a nest, becuase knowing myself, I will probably make a dumb mistake and kill my colony. My ant colony has about 25 workers and a good amount of larva. Any ideas?

ExponentMars has some pretty good stuff for decent prices, as the other user above has said. I also sometimes make nests for commission, so please send me a PM if you're interested in seeing pictures of models I have previously worked on. I usually have them anywhere between 15 and 45 USD including shipping, depending on size.


Edited by bmb1bee, November 22 2025 - 10:27 PM.

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