CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What are the precautions and contraindications for raising ants? (What are the precautions and contraindications for raising ants?)

1. How to raise ants yourself (without using Ant Workshop)?

1. Preparation: Open the lid of the Ant Workshop and use the small stick provided with the product to poke four holes in the gel that are roughly evenly distributed and about 20 mm deep to prompt the ants to dig holes here; although they may not necessarily dig according to your prompts.

2. Put the ants in: For the delivered ants, insert one end of the tube containing the ants into the plug hole on the lid and wait for the ants to crawl in by themselves. For the ants caught in the wild, let the ants climb onto the grass sticks or small sticks, and then shake them into the ant workshop. Do not catch ants directly with your hands, as they are very small and easily injured. If you are helpless with the ants, you can put the container containing the ants in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes. Ants move more slowly at 15-18°C. Be careful not to let the temperature be too low and the time be too long to prevent the ants from freezing to death.

3. Daily feeding: About 7-10 days, when the ants are resting, gently open the lid to give them fresh air. While the ants are working, you can use the provided magnifying glass to observe the secrets of their life more closely.

4. Notes: Do not feed the ants anything, because the gel in the Ant Workshop contains the nutrients and water that the ants need. Do not place the Ant Workshop in direct sunlight. This is a device for raising ants called "Ant Workshop". The blue jelly-like substance in the container is a transparent resin containing the nutrients needed by the ants' bodies. It is introduced on the Internet that this is a by-product of the US space program. NASA designed this product to observe how ants work in a weightless environment.

2. What should you pay attention to when raising army ants?

Generally, you need to raise a "complete social group" to raise ants, because an ant that is separated from the group can only live for a few days. So when raising ants, you need to build a nest for them, prepare a queen ant, and then feed them some honey, jam or fruit every few days as food. Usually, you can store them in a warm room, away from direct sunlight. Raising ants is different from raising other pets. You need to pay attention to the following points:

1. When ants are in danger, they will bite with their two large teeth to attack or defend themselves. When biting, they will secrete formic acid (formic acid), which will stimulate the wound to become red, swollen and painful. Therefore, during the breeding period, do not come into direct contact with ants.

2. It only takes 15-20 days for ants to grow from eggs to adults, so after a period of breeding, the number of ants increases and the original ant nest can no longer bear the load, which will cause the nest to explode. After the nest explodes, you need to use a larger ant nest.

3. Never mix two ant colonies together, they will fight to the death, which is too cruel for the ants. So if your ants are captured instead of ordered, make sure they are all ants from the same nest.

3. Can I raise ants?

You can raise ants.

Ants are nesting insects, and there are a lot of them in one nest. However, the establishment of ant nests has certain requirements for the environment. Whether it is raised indoors or outdoors, it is necessary to ensure that there is enough light, and no other things can be placed to prevent odors. Ants are very sensitive to odors. Once there is a little odor, it may cause the ants to die in batches. And the nest must be built in a dry place. As we all know, the body of an ant is very small, and a little water will disperse the ant colony, so it is necessary to ensure that there is no water and dryness around the nest.

4. What are the 12 taboos of raising ants?

1. The activity area where ants carry domestic garbage must be cleaned in time, otherwise it is easy to grow mites (garbage mites and ant mites)

2. Small groups must not be placed in a large nest, otherwise they will be frightened and die.

3. Some ants have requirements for humidity and temperature, so they must be kept in accordance with the standards.

4. If you apply anti-escape liquid, there is no need to cover the lid, otherwise the humidity will easily rise and mites will grow.

5. If the bow-back ant lays eggs, do not disturb it or it may eat the eggs.

5. How to raise Chinese house ants?

1. Collect ants. Ordinary ants will not reproduce unless you put a queen ant in your ant farm.

2. A place to raise ants. Find a glass bottle of suitable size. A glass bottle is more convenient for observation. Remember to leave air holes on the bottle cap.

3. Fill the bottle with soil. Make sure the soil is loose so the ants can move around. Leave some space at the top to prevent the ants from climbing out of the bottle.

4. Provide food and water. Do not feed ants meat or other cooked food, as this will attract pests to your farm.

5. Warmth. Place it in a room with a stable and suitable temperature. Do not expose it to direct sunlight, otherwise the glass bottle will overheat and burn the ants to death.

6. Shake the bottle. Shaking the bottle or handling it roughly will cause their tunnels to collapse, killing them. Be careful with ant farms.

7. Reduce light. Ants like to be active at night and will dig ant holes at night. When you are not observing ants, try to cover them with black cloth.

6. What should you pay attention to when raising ants?

1. Ants can grow normally within 15-40℃, but the optimal temperature is between 25-35℃. They hibernate in winter when the temperature is below 10℃.

2. The soil moisture for ants should be controlled between 10% and 20%; the relative humidity of the air should be controlled between 70% and 90%.

3. Ants are social insects that live in groups and are very nest-loving. Most species build nests underground and have a mixed diet, usually a mix of plants and meat. Like other ants, the black spiny ant generally regards a nest as a family. There are one or dozens of king ants (male ants) and queen ants (female ants) in a nest. Worker ants specialize in building nests, foraging, raising young, etc., and are the largest in number;

Soldier ants protect the safety of the masses. The ants in the nest of leaf-weaver ants, which are smaller in number, communicate by the smell of secretions. Since they usually live in an ant nest, this method of communication is better developed than that of other Hymenoptera insects. If an ant finds food, it will leave a smell along the way home, and other ants will follow this route to find food and continue to strengthen the smell.

7. Can I keep ants at home?

1. You can raise ants at home. You can use shoe boxes, food boxes, clothing boxes and other boxes as breeding boxes. Control the size of each breeding box according to the number of ants to be raised.

2. Put an appropriate amount of Masson pine in the breeding box, because Masson pine is the most common material used by wild ants to build nests. You can also put in some crop straw. The plant straw must be dried before putting it in to prevent it from rotting and posing a threat to the growth of ants.

3. Pay attention to the tightness of the material. It should not be too tight, otherwise it will be difficult for the ants to carry it to make a nest. Then seal the feeding box and leave the exit. Control the distance between each feeding box to prevent fighting.

8. How to raise ants?

1. Site selection: Choose a site that is ventilated, dry and has sufficient light.

2. Breeding facilities: Use bricks (or plastic film) to build a circular water trough around the site, ensure that the water trough has a certain inclination, use bamboo or wooden sticks to build a frame, arrange it into a track shape, and place humus sand at the bottom.

3. Making of breeding boxes: Shoe boxes, food boxes or clothing paper boxes can be used as breeding boxes.

4. Feed: small animal carcasses, plants, fruits and vegetables are all fine.

5. Feeding and management: Take measures such as escape prevention and cleaning.

9. Some tips on raising ants?

1. We select the venue based on its size. Whether indoors or outdoors, it must have sufficient light, no clutter, and no bad odors.

2. The breeding facilities are surrounded by bricks (or plastic film). Build a 25 cm wide and 5 cm deep water tank. The inner edge of the water tank should maintain a certain inclination to effectively prevent the seed ants from falling into the water. When building the water tank, leave a drainage hole that is convenient for changing water. Build a frame 20-25 cm away from the inner edge of the water tank. The materials can be bamboo poles or wooden sticks, arranged side by side in a track type. The first layer of the frame is more than 30 cm from the ground, and the distance between the layers is more than 35 cm. Place 10-15 cm thick humus sand at the bottom of the frame.

3. Making and arranging feeding boxes Homemade feeding boxes are usually paper boxes that have been used to hold food and clothing, and the specifications are generally 35-40 cm long, 20-25 cm wide, and 10-15 cm high. Place the Masson pine, which is the favorite nest of ants, in the box, followed by leguminous plant straw such as red beans, soybeans, broad beans, etc. Wild plants include small-leaf camphor, large-leaf camphor, old grass, etc. All need to be dried to prevent mildew. The tightness of the straw should be appropriate, neither too tight nor too loose. This is very important. Ants do not differentiate and build nests on straw that is about to mold or has already molded. Put the straw together with the seed ants that have been divided into nests into the box, seal it with adhesive tape on all sides, and drill a small hole at one end of the box. The arrangement interval of the ant boxes should not be less than 60 cm. If the interval is too close, it will easily cause ants to fight with each other.

4. Feeding and management Ants have a wide range of food, and they like to eat anything sweet and animal-based. They can be divided into two categories: A. Animal bait: such as meat residues and thick blood of cattle, sheep, fish, pigs, chickens, etc. Various insects are also good food for ants, such as beetles, maggots, silkworm pupae, earthworms, etc. B. Food with sweet taste, such as watermelon, apple core, honey, brown and white sugar, pear core, etc.

Ants eat very little, 0.1 mg per day. 100,000 ants need about 100 grams of food per day, and they are usually fed every 3-5 days. When feeding, a food bowl and a sponge block for absorbing water should be placed on the top of the breeding box. To prevent the food from spoiling, the food should basically be eaten up every time, and it should be fed and cleaned frequently. When feeding, try to feed as little as possible and point as many as possible to avoid fighting for food. In addition, the types of food should be changed frequently to avoid ants from losing their appetite. If they are raised outdoors, in the hot summer, in order to avoid high temperatures in the ant box, some vines should be planted around the box frame to block the strong sunlight. The most suitable temperature for the growth and reproduction of ants is 22℃-37℃, the air humidity must be controlled at about 81%, and the soil humidity should be kept at 10-15%. If the air is too dry, a sprayer can be used to spray the ant box and the ground frequently to maintain the normal activities and reproduction of ants.