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[AntBread]

I am currently keeping a Formica Subsericea queen who currently has a few larvae. Does this species of ants larvae require sand in order to spin their cocoons and what sand should I use?

[Will230145]

No, mine don’t and are doing fine, they mak cocoons from the cotton in the test tube! I would recommend it though, it will help them feel more secure.

[AntBread]

No, mine don’t and are doing fine, they mak cocoons from the cotton in the test tube! I would recommend it though, it will help them feel more secure.

What kind of sand should I use?

[Will230145]

I would just sand for a gecko or lizard sand, I use orange crested gecko sand. Do NOThermit crab sand! It has too much dust which killed almost my whole colony!

Edited by Will230145, March 18 2018 - 4:43 PM.

[AntBread]

I would just sand for a gecko or lizard sand, I use orange crested gecko sand. Do NOThermit crab sand! It has too much dust which killed almost my whole colony!

Alrighty Thx.