Anyone here keep ants (like an ant farm)?

[Chaotic42]

I had an ant farm when I was a kid, and I've always found them interesting. It's the kind of thing that I think would be neat if I could be sure they wouldn't escape and/or kill me, but I don't see myself doing anything beyond a normal ant farm. Some people get grossed out by them, but I've always thought of them as nature's little robots.

Anyway, I came across this guy's video and I was wondering if anyone here keeps ants. This guy seems pretty serious about it. I can't imagine the tens of thousands of fire ants he has escaping....

 

[Leros]

I've been watching this guy's channel for about 6 months now. It's really getting me interested. This guy is a marketing genius - selling the hobby instead of the products. I can only imagine how much his online store is picking up.

 

[IronWing]

We keep cage free ants in our kitchen.

 

[Chaotic42]

We keep cage free ants in our kitchen.

You really can taste the difference, you know.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Not ants, but it's crossed my mind to do bees. Would be kinda fun.

 

[Naer]

Alien ant farm ain't a bad band

 

[jwhorfin]

Up till 1 am watching ant colony move... thanks for that : )

 

[JoeBleed]

We keep cage free ants in our kitchen.

Same. They venture into other rooms now and then scavenging, but return to the kitchen on their own usually. If not, i get my cats to drive them back to the kitchen so they can keep cleaning up after me.

 

[RPD]

I always had a lot of interest in ants as a child, but I was never able to have a successful colony that was clean and not a mess, but while pricey these guys have some of the best stuff (https://tarheelants.com/).

A few years ago I was finally was able to have a solid colony from scratch but eventually it got to big so I had to let them move in the back yard after about 4 months in captivity.

Lone queen with her first minions:

Moved into a larger home, but after about 4 months I had to let them go in the back yard:

 

[nakedfrog]

You people are weird.
And this is coming from ME.
So it's really saying something.

 

[BxgJ]

I don't know why anyone would willingly let fire ants into their house.

 

[Fritzo]

I had an ant farm when I was a kid, and I've always found them interesting. It's the kind of thing that I think would be neat if I could be sure they wouldn't escape and/or kill me, but I don't see myself doing anything beyond a normal ant farm. Some people get grossed out by them, but I've always thought of them as nature's little robots.

Anyway, I came across this guy's video and I was wondering if anyone here keeps ants. This guy seems pretty serious about it. I can't imagine the tens of thousands of fire ants he has escaping....

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Had a cheap one as a kid. At some point the regular sugar ants found out and it caused a war between them and the fire ants. Fire ants had physical strength and a defensive position, but the sugar ants were too numerous.

 

[Mai72]

Ants are cool as hell.

I left out a pizza and the next morning I had 2,000 ants all over the pizza. They were moving the crumbs to their hideout. Cool stuff.

I left out a few small crumbs and again they came out in droves. I noticed 2-3 ants just walking about. They must be the scouts.