Been watching others and their progress with caring for wild colonies. Been interested in doing it myself, but never quite realized why anyone keeping ants would want to care for a wild colony they're not keeping. It didn't make sense until i came across a couple small hills in my backyard the other day while setting up the trampoline. I looked closely, and i couldn't quite ID this species but they are cool. I returned a few times to their hills just to watch them do their normal routines. It was actually really interesting watching ants do what they naturally do rather then being in a box.
Yesterday i gave them a byformica feeder with sunburst in it to see how they react.
And after that, i understood why anyone would want to care for a wild colony.
Edited by Loops117, April 20 2017 - 8:17 AM.