CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to build a house for ants (how to build a house for ants easily)

1. How to make your own ant nest?

1.Ant nests can be made using fast food boxes.

2. Make a few small holes in the ant box to facilitate the ants' entry and exit, reproduction and nest division.

3. Put some dried grass into the ant box and keep it loose. The amount of grass should be level with the box opening, not too much or too little. At the same time, be careful not to cut the grass in the box.

4. Ants can also be placed in fast food boxes. The green ant attractant on the ant is the smell that ants like in nature, and the black one is a kind of oil, which can play a role in moisture prevention. This foldable modern ant can make ants live in harmony like neighbors.

2. How to make an artificial ant nest?

First of all, the artificial ant nest must meet three aspects. Only when these three elements are met can it be a real artificial ant nest, not a small toy.

~1. Meet the needs of ants for healthy and comfortable reproduction.

(Comfort)

2. Meet the needs of human observation.

(Observational)

3. Reasonable space control and feeding convenience. (Management)

Now we are discussing how to harmonize these three and achieve a satisfactory combination.

The first one is the premise. Only when people build a platform for raising ants can they observe the behavior of ants and get what they want from it~!

The second is the main purpose. The reason why people raise ants under artificial conditions is for observation. The observation here can be divided into two aspects. One is the observation of the nest part, which is mainly to observe the social life inside the ants. The other is the observation of the activity area, which is to observe the behavioral patterns of ants outside the nest.

The third is the art of solving limiting factors. The number of individuals in a mature ant colony varies, from millions to dozens. If you raise an ant species that can reach millions, then the ant nest will be very large, which will bring many secondary troubles, such as replacement, insulation, moisture retention, escape prevention, etc.

The third point of space control is to ensure the rationality of the space design of the ant nest! In addition, if you are an ant fanatic and have dozens of ant nests at home, like me, how long will it take to add water, clean and feed food every day?

The third point emphasizes the convenience of breeding, which is to allow you to save more on convenience when designing the ant nest, so that you can raise ants more comfortably on the basis of satisfying the first two points.

3. How to make your own ant nest?

Ant nests can be made from fast food boxes;

2. Make a few small holes in the ant box to facilitate the ants' entry and exit, reproduction and nesting;

3. Put some dried grass into the ant box and keep it loose. The amount of grass should be flush with the box mouth, not too much or too little. At the same time, be careful not to cut the grass in the box;

4. How do ants build their homes?

Ants usually build their nests underground, and the underground nests are very large. They have good drainage and ventilation measures. Generally, worker ants are responsible for building the nests. The entrance and exit are mostly a small arched mound with a hole in the middle like a volcano. Secondly, there are holes for ventilation, and each room in the nest is clearly classified. Warm and moist soil is their favorite. They usually live in dry areas, but it is little known that they can barely survive in water for two weeks.

5.What do ants use to build their houses?

Ants build houses with mud and use the large pincers on their mouths to dig mud and build caves. Ants are divided into worker ants, soldier ants and queen ants. The queen ant is the mother of a nest of ants. Her main task is to lay eggs, which can hatch into worker ants and soldier ants, and in certain seasons, they can also hatch into male ants and female ants. Male and female ants have wings and will fly out to form their own nests when they grow up. After mating, the male ants will die and the female ants will find a cave to lay eggs and form their own nests. The hatched worker ants are responsible for building caves and collecting food, while soldier ants are responsible for security matters and roam around food collection sites and caves.

6. What are the simplest materials used to build an ant castle?

Use sand to build a castle and put in a group of ants. The ants are just like me, they spend their whole lives in the city.

7. How are ant nests built?

Ants use their jaws to dig holes in the ground, moving sand and soil one grain at a time to build their nests. The "rooms" of the nest will remain in the shape they were built in, unless the soil dries out severely. Walter Chilgale, an ant researcher, models the nest. He pours liquid metal, paraffin or orthodontic plaster into the nest, and then digs it out after it solidifies. He said: "You can get a structure that goes deep into the ground." According to his observations, the area closest to the surface has the most ant chambers, and the deeper you go, the fewer ant chambers there are, and the smaller the area.

8. How do ants build nests?

Ant nests come in various forms. Most species build nests in the underground soil, digging tunnels, chambers and dwellings. They pile the excavated materials and leaves near the entrance to form a small hillock for protection.

Some ants also use plant leaves, stems, petioles, etc. to build paper-like nests and hang them on trees or between rocks.

Some ants live in rotten wood in forest areas. What is even more special is that some ants build their nests in or next to the nests of other species of ants; and the two "homes" do not have any disputes and can live in harmony. This kind of ant nest is called a mixed ant nest, which is actually the daily maintenance of the nest of heterogeneous ants: ants attach great importance to the maintenance of their nests and can always repair and adjust their homes in a timely manner according to specific circumstances.

Once a forest fire occurs in the area where the ant nest is located, the ants will be even busier. They will collect tiny stones nearby and quickly rebuild their homes.

In addition, smart ants can regulate the temperature of their nests.

Sometimes they place rocks on top of their nests that are constantly exposed to the sun so that their nests can stay warm throughout the night.

9. How to build an ant’s home?

Ants' homes are formed by thousands of ants digging out the soil underground.