Here is a list of various links that many ant keepers find handy.
 
Anting
Ant Mating Chart
https://www.formicul...t-mating-chart/
How to Find and Catch Queen Ants
https://www.formicul...tch-ant-queens/
 
Anting How-To
https://www.formicul...y-mated-queens/
Techniques for Successful Anting
https://www.formicul...or-when-anting/
 
Spotting Founding Chambers
https://www.formicul...ounding-chamber
Ant Keeping
Ant keeping Guide for Beginners
https://www.formicul...-for-beginners/
Picture of Formicariums and Outworlds
https://www.formicul...-and-outworlds/
Preferred Food by Species
https://www.formicul...ood-by-species/
Escape Prevention Barriers
https://www.formicul...-to-by-members/
Various Setups for Founding Queens:
https://www.formicul...ernation</span>
https://www.formicul...to-hibernation/
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Ant Keeping Census
https://www.formicul...s-of-the-forum/
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Pictures of Members Ant Keeping Areas
https://www.formicul...your-ant-areas/
Live Ant Video Streams
https://www.formicul...-video-streams/
Substrates and Materials for Building your Formicarium
https://www.formicul...ium/#entry11018
Various Methods to Color an Ant Nest
https://www.formicul...sts/#entry12423
Materials and Equipment Purchasing Guide
https://www.formicul...ide/#entry25326
Tutorials and How-To's
How to Build a Formicarium out of Grout
https://www.formicul...icture +journey
How to Build a Picture Frame Grout Formicarium with Advanced Hydration
https://www.formicul...ion/#entry28868
How to build a Formicarium in an aquarium
https://www.formicul...carium/?p=17667
How to Build a Formicarium out of Firebrick
https://www.formicul...icture +journey
How to build a Formicarium out of a Bead Container
https://www.formicul...icture +journey
How to build a formicarium with clay
https://www.formicul...um-out-of-clay/
How to build a horizontal sand formicarium
https://www.formicul...nd-formicarium/
How to Build an Ant Waterer or Liquid Feeder
https://www.formicul...-liquid-feeder/
How to Build a Foraging Area
https://www.formicul...-foraging-area/
Cullturing various insect feeders:
https://www.formicul...ts-and-feeders/
How to move your ants
https://www.formicul...nts/#entry14571
How to clean your Foraging Area:
https://www.formicul...-foraging-area/
Ant Food Recipes:
Etherwulf's cricket and whey recipe
https://www.formicul...ch-threadguide/
Chromerust's chicken and nectar recipe
https://www.formicul...-feeding-video/
Photography
Tips for Taking and Posting Pictures
https://www.formicul...sting-pictures/
Photographing Live Ants (Wayne's Word)
https://www2.palomar...Nikon9.htm#ants
Ant photography thread
https://www.formicul...ead/#entry27027
Keys and Identification
AntWeb
https://www.antweb.org/
Click on the Regions dropdown, and you location may be on this site (Nearctic is US and Canada).
This site will provide a list of known ant species in a given area. It is possible to see side views and descriptions of the ants.
Ant Wiki
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page
North American Ants (Myrmecos)
http://www.myrmecos....-american-ants/
Taxonomic List of Ant Genera (Alexander Wild)
https://www.alexande...t-of-Ant-Genera
General Ant Keys
https://www.formicul...ic/269-ant-key/
How to distinguish Lasius, Formica, Camponotus, and Polyergus
https://www.formicul...ce-differences/
Ants (Formicidae) of the Southeastern United States
https://mississippie...icidaehome.html
A very useful resource for many ants along the Atlantic coast.
Ants (Formidicae) of Alberta, Canada
http://www.biology.u..._22/ganp_22.pdf
Camponotus key for United States Southwest
https://www.formicul...ates-southwest/
Taxonomic Notes on Nearctic Species of Camponotus, Subgenus Myrmentoma
http://antbase.org/a...s/8289/8289.pdf
Key to Myrmecocystus species
https://www.antwiki...._species#14-e-w
Alphabetical Index of [Southwest] Ant Genera by Subfamily (Wayne's Word)
https://www2.palomar...g/AntGenera.htm
Harvester Ants of the Pacific Northwest, and beyond. Some other ants, too...
https://www.pogolumina.net/
Hymenoptera Online
https://hol.osu.edu/
An excellent resource for tracking down descriptions and other scientific literature, especially when a description is unavailable or inconclusive.
Ant Identification Key 1-node Ants
https://lancaster.un...s/1nodeants.pdf
Ant Identification Key 2-node Ants
https://lancaster.un...s/2nodeants.pdf
FMC Professional Solutions Ant Identification Guide
http://www.fmcprosol...et=dsESXNRwKA0=
Antkey | ID guide | introduced ants
http://antkey.org/en
Navajo Nature
http://www.navajonat...avajo-ants.html
Great for ants in the "Four Corners" states. An intersection of Navajo ideals and binomial classification.
Key to Identifying Common French Ants
http://keyants.free.fr/
Very helpful for identifying European ants
Dr Eleanor's Book of Common Ants
http://www.yourwildl...04/BCA_demo.pdf
Other Interesting Links
Specimen Preparation and Labeling
https://mississippie...ecimen.prep.htm
List of Favorite Ant Videos
https://www.formicul...e-ant-channels/
Map of members' locations
https://www.formicul...er-map/?p=30287
Antmaps.org
https://antmaps.org
Edited by drtrmiller, April 3 2024 - 8:38 AM.
I can't believe you spent that much time on this.
