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I got one of those spangly Antquarium thingies for Christmas and have been looking for ants to populate it with but can`t find any :/

Any David Attenboroughs in here know the best place to find them in the Winter? (without paying)

Thanks :)

Suck a boiled sweet and put it on the garden path. But you might have to wait til spring.

When you do catch ants, only use those; don`t go and get more later on cos I think they`ll kill each other if they`re not from the same nest.




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don`t go and get more later on cos I think they`ll kill each other if they`re not from the same nest.

:D That sounds awesome!

I think I might put a divider down the middle, put two separate lots of ants in and when they have established their respective colonies, remove the divider and sit and watch the carnage!

Thanks for the tip! ;)

heh,

we still get the occasional ant invader in our kitchen even at this time of the
year....i blame climate change :¦

Ste.

You don`t just want random ants - you need a queen too, or you`ll just end up with a bunch of unemployed, aimless asbo ants on crack.

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Try this link!
It tells u how to collect them although not in Winter Time :(
Hows about sticking a fish in it till Summer Time :)



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You knew that was comming didn`t ya. ;)




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Ok.. it`ll cost £14.99 plus del.. but get this and you can mail order some ants...

MailOrderAnts

The title of this thread makes me think of the Monty Python sketch where a man goes into a store to by an ant

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Hey, I also got one of these funky antquariums (well, my son did) and we can`t find any ants for love nor money! In the summer, we had nests under the lawn - they swarmed the patio, and snuck indoors on several occasions.

But now? Nada - diddly squat!

There is an order form included to buy them by mail order, but they recommend that you don`t do this as it is better to find local ants than to expect them to live through the dangers of a Royal Mail delivery!

It`s the funkiest bit of kit I`ve seen for ages - blue LEDs shine up through this blue sugar-gel goo that the ants will live in. Apparently they need nothing else to survive as the gel contains all the nutrients required for a healthy ant to live in!

We will keep a daily lawn-side vigil looking for creepy crawlies. Hopefully they haven`t all snuffed it or hybernated or whatever ants do in the winter!