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[rcflyer]

Looking for ants species that is very active in the outworld during the day?  I am looking for fun ants to watch during the day. I know most ants are nocturnal and larger colony more ants on outword. 

[Locness]

Where are you located? In my area, harvester ants are the most active. Colonies grow quickly and they're rather aggressive hunters as well.

[ANTdrew]

For east coast:
1. Crematogaster cerasi
2. Tetramorium immigrans
3. Pheidole bicarinata
4. Nylanderia vividula

[rcflyer]

I'm on East coast of US 

 

Where are you located? In my area, harvester ants are the most active. Colonies grow quickly and they're rather aggressive hunters as wel 

 

Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis I am on east coast of US think will need heater to have them? 

For east coast:
1. Crematogaster cerasi
2. Tetramorium immigrans
3. Pheidole bicarinata
4. Nylanderia vividula

Cool I will look into them thanks much.

[ANTdrew]

No heater needed if you turn down AC. It’s hot outside!

[Full_Frontal_Yeti]

My Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis are busy in on/off cycels without regard to day/night.

They just go into foraging mode every so often and the outworld is busy with many of them for about an hour or so at various times thoughout the day.

When not foraging as a focus they still have a few that keep watch in the outworld and may take up seed collection or whatever if i offer them something.
And the in nest activity is generally constant. movng the brood around, feeding brood, cracking seeds, helping new workers eclose, taking out trash, and so on.

 

As best a i can tell they are 24/7 ants that just flow back and forth between foraging mode and nest work mode every so often.
At least here in captivty anyway, and i have them under a light timer for a 14/10 hour day/night cycle.