#formicology

[foxtheantkeeper]

Looks pretty good for my first print in half a year. Still need to tweak the nozzle height and bed leveling but otherwise I'm pretty ok with this. Now I just need to slap some plexiglass on the top of it and make a proper lid to keep it dark inside.

[foxtheantkeeper]

Moved the Pheidole colony in to a clean test tube. Their old one had a bit of a mold problem so they needed to move.

They're also not really eating anything any more. I've tried cricket leg, oats, seeds, fruit, and a couple other things and they just don't seem to like any of it. Anyone know of better foods for them?

[foxtheantkeeper]

My Camponotus test tube has become quite packed! The ants are super big and very active, and I think in the coming week I'm going to try to build them a proper terrarium to move in to!

That queen is just so huge though. It's a delight watching these gals move about and share food. They're actually putting a lot of effort in to tunneling through the cotton ball at the end. I have swapped it out once already, but as you can see they're already about a third the way through the new one.

[nephilidae]

I am reeling from the unexpected depth of drama in the Wikipedia article for slave-raider ants