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[Naturenut1233]

I very much want a colony of yellow ants, and find tons of the, I believe, Lasius claviger all over my property. I believe I even have a few queens still, and had some success last year capturing some brood and workers and giving them to a queen. They got along and cared for her. I tried this with several queens and only one of them got along. The rest fought constantly and the queens killed them off one by one until I let them go. Unfortunately the one bunch that got along, the workers died off one by one over a couple months. I know they feed off of aphids in the soil and had hoped maybe honey water would be a suitable substitute and also provided a variety of protein sources. I would like to give it another try this year but just wanted to know if anyone has pulled it off. If so what did you do?

[AnthonyP163]

Canadian anter has done it, and I know a couple other people here have too.

[Canadian anter]

Ultraex and I have done it. I got them to worker stage where they died and I have no idea where ultra's at.

[StayLoki]

I want the little golden yellow meadow ants... l.flavus .. Determined to find one this summer lol

Edited: or buy one off of reev lololol

Edited by StayLoki, March 1 2018 - 7:51 PM.

[Naturenut1233]

What did you feed them? Mine did great for a while, then all died off.

[StayLoki]

I'm not trying to be d**k as I'm a noob but they need nector and then protein to feed to larvae.. I'd say stick to the basics of h20, honey dab and lunch meat or something. Ham, turkey are proven protein subs if u don't want to do crickets or other insects including aphids or fruit flies.. .or other ants

Edited by StayLoki, March 1 2018 - 10:12 PM.