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[awesomezhnathan]

I am very curious on american army ants in the genuses Labidus, nomamyrmex, and neviamyrmex. Just wondering has anybody here kept any one of these species because I can't seem to find any information on any of them.

These ants seem like cool ants that are available in my area but I just don't know anything about them.

[dspdrew]

This is a good website for army ants in North America.

 

http://armyants.org/

[awesomezhnathan]

HAs anyone successfully kept any of the north american army ants in captivity tho?

[gcsnelling]

No.

[MrILoveTheAnts]

HAs anyone successfully kept any of the north american army ants in captivity tho?

 

Temporary care for observation is possible, but really the colonies consume the brood of other ants on a daily basis. In the absence of other ant brood to consume they will cannibalize their own. Unlike other species, the adult workers have high demands for food consumption.

[William. T]

Even in zoos, army ants (Dorylus, ect) cannot live for long. They roam huge distances, and they consume a cow's size of insects every day. Plus, they are easily stressed.

[gcsnelling]

The armyants.org website is down indefinitely.

[dspdrew]

What's the reason?

[gcsnelling]

financial. I hope to get content up someplace else in the near future.

[Jonathan21700]

Check out this http://tropicalhouse...ew_products.php

Andrew Stephenson in the UK claims to have found a way to keep Eciton burchellii permanently.

Edited by Jonathan21700, September 24 2015 - 12:24 PM.

[dspdrew]

Very interesting. I didn't know they wouldn't forage in the same area twice. That would definitely make keeping them extremely hard.