Ant Keeping

in #ants7 years ago

Ant Keeping - it is a hobby in taking care and observing ants. I mainly keep them as pets at home. I live in a small condo unit and housing a dog or cat has been a challenge since I also have a 2 year old boy with me. Rather than having a large cage or kennel in the house, I just have 1/4 of my dining table as my colonies needs only a small space for now. :)

I have started keeping ants last August of 2017. I currently have 4 colonies of different ant species.

  1. Camponotus nicobarenis - a carpenter ant species
  2. Pheidole megacephala - commonly known as big headed ants
  3. Anoplolepis gracilipes - yellow crazy ant
  4. Camponotus sp - red/brown carpenter ant

I mainly feed them honey and roaming small roaches at home. Sometimes I buy them crickets from the petstore just for variety in their diet.

I can watch them for hours. It helps me relax from the stress at work.

If you guys would want to know more about ant keeping. you may check the following links:

www.antscanada.com/ youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCONd1SNf3_QqjzjCVsURNuA
https://tarheelants.com/
https://ausants.com/
https://www.facebook.com/antnestphilippines/
https://www.facebook.com/petantsmanila/

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@valco, "yellow crazy ant". Haha.

yup, they are pretty crazy especially when they feel their nest is disturbed, they rush out to attack.

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