CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to make an ant nest for your ants to live together (How to make an ant nest for your ants to live together)

1. 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.

2. Tutorial on making an ant nest?

1Ant nests can be made with fast food boxes. Make a few small holes in the ant box to facilitate the ants' entry and exit, reproduction, and division of nests.

2 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.

3 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.

4 Ant nests come in various forms. Most species build nests in the ground, digging tunnels, chambers and dwellings, and piling up the excavated materials and leaves near the entrance to form a hillock for protection. Some ants also use plant leaves, stems, petioles, etc. to build paper-like nests and hang them on trees or rocks.

5 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 "families" do not have any disputes and can live in harmony. This kind of ant nest is called a mixed ant nest, which is actually a symbiosis of different species.

6 Regardless of whether they are of different ants or the same species, the number of ants in a nest can vary greatly. The smallest colony has only dozens or nearly a hundred ants, and some have thousands of ants, while large colonies can have tens of thousands or even more ants.

3. How to build an ant nest without gypsum?

1. Ant nests can be made with fast food boxes. Make a few small holes in the ant box to facilitate the ants' entry and exit, reproduction and division of nests.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Ant nests come in various forms. Most species build nests in the ground, digging tunnels, chambers and dwellings, and piling up the excavated materials and leaves near the entrance to form a hillock for protection. Some ants also use plant leaves, stems, petioles, etc. to build paper-like nests and hang them on trees or rocks.

5. 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 ants; and the two "families" do not have any disputes and can live in harmony. This kind of ant nest is called a mixed ant nest, which is actually a symbiosis of different species.

6. Regardless of whether they are different ants or the same species, the number of ants in a nest can vary greatly. The smallest colony has only dozens or nearly a hundred ants, and some have thousands of ants, while large colonies can have tens of thousands or even more ants.

4. 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.

5. How to make an ant nest by yourself?

Cut the head open and fill it with soil, add water until it can be kneaded into a ball but will fall apart if you loosen your hands, and apply talcum powder or alcohol-talcum powder mixed with anti-escape cream around the mouth of the bottle.

Or you can pour plaster, and when it hardens, take it out and carve it into an ant nest and put it in.

6. How do ants build their nests?

Ants use their jaws to dig holes in the ground and build their nests by moving sand and soil grain by grain. The "rooms" of the nest will remain in the shape they were when they were first built unless the soil dries out severely.

Walter Chilgale, an ant researcher, models ant nests by pouring liquid metal, paraffin or orthodontic plaster into the nest, letting it set and then digging it out. "You can get a structure that goes deep into the ground," he said.

According to his observations, the area closest to the surface has the most ant chambers, and the deeper the depth, the fewer ant chambers there are and the smaller the area.

7. How to make an ant nest using mineral water bottles?

Prepare raw materials:

A cubic box

Plasticine

Gypsum powder

Mineral water bottle

Step 1: Knead the plasticine into the shape you want and stick it on the wall of the box.

Step 2: Place the water bottle in the middle, pour in the plaster and wait for it to solidify.

Step 3: Remove the plaster, dig out the plasticine, and place it in the box.

Step 4: Cover with a plastic plate and seal the top (you can use anti-shedding liquid), and the ant nest is done!

8. 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;

9. How can you make your own nest to raise ants (preferably pavement ants) and prevent them from escaping?

Students, using gypsum to make a plaster ant nest is more professional. You'd better search "artificial ant nest" on the Internet. As for preventing escape, you can put the ant nest in a large glass tank and put the glass tank in a shallow basin of water.