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[evanmancini2011]

I am running out of room where I currently keep all my ant colonies and was wondering where do people keep all of their ants? If you want to attach a picture please do so!

Thank You

Evan

Edited by evanmancini2011, September 26 2024 - 5:29 PM.

[Ants_Dakota]

I would buy a cheap shelf or floating shelf at walmart. They are like $40.

[Ernteameise]

I keep my ants on a shelfing unit in my living room.

Some of my colonies need hibernation, these formicaria I place into a box on my balcony, and if it is getting too freezing for them, they will be placed into a unheated attic room.

 

[AntsGodzilla]

I keep them on my dresser, and I would also recommend a cheep shelf.

[RushmoreAnts]

In the summer I keep mine on a shelf in my garage. In the winter I place the hibernating species in the fridge and non-hibernating (like Tetras) on a shelf in my room.

[ANTdrew]

I put these shelves up in the hottest room in my house: the kitchen.

[AntsTx]

I put these shelves up in the hottest room in my house: the kitchen.

I also put my ants in the hottest room in my house: the attic

[ANTdrew]

Isn’t an attic too hot? Mine gets to 120 degrees in the summer.

[rptraut]

Hello Everyone;

 

I have a workshop attached to the house with a large window facing south-west.     Plants and ants share the shelves and benefit from the warming sunshine.  The plant lights are on in the evening, which is usually when I tend to my ants.

 

 

 

A large tree outside the window helps moderate the direct sunlight and I shade some setups with newspaper, so they don't overheat.   If I only shade a part of a chamber, it creates a warm and cool side to the nest.  

 

 

 

 

On the opposite wall I keep small colonies and some of my Camponotus ants.   I use a heating pad to warm some developing colonies. 

 

For winter I pack these all up and store them in my root cellar.   

RPT

 

 

 

 

[AntsTx]

Isn’t an attic too hot? Mine gets to 120 degrees in the summer.

Well, it's more like a insulated attic because it has 2 layers of walls (including the roof) It usually stays around 80-85f

[Kowal]

When moving to current flat (one large room, really) I envisioned keeping all my living things limited to one cabinet, which would extend into the room and form a space divisor between the couch area and my desk area. After years it is getting hard at times, especially during nuptial flight season, but for now - all my live creatures are back in this IKEA Kallax based animal cabinet. Well, there are also ants overwintering in my fridge But I don't think that counts as breaking the "animals only in this cabinet rule".