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Hey I do!! You commented on a lot of my videos from a year ago. Hope you are well, and thanks for commenting!!!!!

They do around here, I live in central North Carolina. They are hit-or-miss though, once I checked them and there were no flies in the vials. Another time there was no food and a bunch of dead flies. I get my feeder insects from the Dubia website but they haven't had fruit flies in stock, and when I asked them about it they answered that they may not have them this year. I've had luck in the past with Josh's Frogs fruit flies.

Thanks! I'd like to make more, but things have gotten hectic lately and I'd like to just post to UA-cam as a hobby so I don't stress about it at all.

Messors are cool, I'd love some. I'm also in America though 😂So I make do with what I have. I see you posted this 2 weeks ago, hope your Camponotus pennsylvanicus are doing well!!!

Thanks haha. I think I have a long ways to go before I get anywhere close to 1 million likes!!

Thank you!!

Depends where you live, I live in the southeastern US (NC) and I started catching Camponotus chromaiodes and decipiens this year during late March. I did catch a Prenolepis imparis queen during late February, but they like to fly when it is colder. When it is humid and hot, alates like to fly then. I think the only months they may NOT fly is from like, November-January. Different species fly at different times, I think Camponotus fly earlier in the Spring and Summer while Crematogaster fly in the beginning of Fall in September. If you look up your region, you can probably find a good resource of when ants usually fly there. Formiculture is a decent resource

Nice!! Finding a queen is always a thrill.

I'm located in central North Carolina! This video was filmed at my last house (I've since moved) but I didn't move very far.

Wonderful!! Hope your colony is doing well. Mine like mealworms and Kool-Aid. I've tried cut up dubias, but they don't seem interested. I've given them fruit flies a few times (like when I recorded this video), and recently I've given them small hornworms and black soldier fly larvae. This video is pretty old now, and the colony has gotten much bigger. I will tell you that these girls love to escape at any given chance and I've had a lot of escapees lol. The queen herself never escaped thankfully, but the workers that escaped made a nest in a plant pot in my room and produced males, which wanted to fly around. I've since solved that problem, but I think keeping them in test tubes is a great way to keep them contained lol. I've tried three different nests and they were able to escape two of them very easily, so now mine are in some test tubes again. Even though my colony is a few hundred strong now, they still struggle to finish off a 1ml tower of Kool-Aid, lol. They are so small

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

Wouldn't that be so cool? Maybe one day I'll teach an ant keeping class, lol.

Sorry that this reply is so late, I do have some colonies I would like to sell this year, but no Formica yet sadly. I live in North Carolina in the USA and exporting/importing rules are strict here, so if you are not in the area I wouldn't be able to sell to you.

Thank you ❤

There are a few ways to get them, you can buy them from a seller or find one in the wild yourself! The best way to find one yourself is during a nuptial flight, since she'll be looking for a place to live and you can provide one for her. Research ant species in your area and the times they have nuptial flights, or you can find people who are selling ants you can buy. Good luck!

no you can't. do not try it as it is cruel. :,D

no, she would attack the workers. It should work with brood (eggs and larvae) if they are from the same species. Just don‘t put any workers in there.

Keep trying they are still flying and you may get lucky

Aw man. Hope you have better luck this year!! When I first started I had a really hard time finding queens and getting them to survive.

Mine are in an air conditioned room! The cable helps keep them warm. I think a heat mat could be a good alternative, as I’ve seen some other ant keepers using them.

@@HappilyEverAnter thank you

Hey that’s great!! I wish you luck too! This was basically my first real successful year with ant keeping. It takes a lot of trial and error and patience!

They’re ByFormica liquid ant feeders, mini size. They’re pretty useful!

Haha queens come into our lives in the most unexpected ways sometimes! I found a queen once when I was delivering pizza to a house. Thankfully I had something to put her in!

Thank you so much!

Congratulations! Good luck with them!!