My Living Ant World Best Ants UK Blog! Live queen ants care guide.

Monomorium pharaonis care, honestly: the Pharaoh ant's pest status, escape-proofing, year-round warmth, watering and feeding.

Solenopsis geminata care for adult keepers: tropical heat all year, careful watering, protein-rich feeding, sting safety and strict escape-proofing for the tropical fire ant.

Tapinoma melanocephalum care, honestly: the ghost ant's pest status, escape-proofing, year-round warmth, watering and feeding.

Paratrechina longicornis care, honestly: the longhorn crazy ant's pest status, escape-proofing, year-round warmth, watering and feeding.

Odontomachus infandus care for advanced keepers: the Philippine trap-jaw ant from arrival to a thriving colony, with heating, humidity, feeding and PTFE.

Myrmecocystus kennedyi care from founding queen to a thriving colony: desert warmth, careful watering, plenty of honey for the repletes, PTFE and winter.

Camponotus sericeus care from founding queen to thriving colony: tropical warmth, watering, feeding, PTFE and winter care for the golden silk ant.

Camponotus irritans care from founding queen to thriving colony: tropical warmth, watering, feeding, PTFE and winter care for this Asian carpenter ant.

Aphaenogaster picea care from founding queen to a thriving colony: warmth, watering, protein-rich feeding, PTFE and the yearly winter rest for this woodland winnow ant.

Camponotus discolor care from founding queen to busy colony: warmth, watering, feeding, PTFE and a gentle winter rest for this two-coloured carpenter ant.

Crematogaster lineolata care: the lined acrobat ant from a founding queen to a busy colony, with the 50-worker rule, feeding, watering, PTFE and winter.

Veromessor andrei care from a hungry founding queen to a thriving colony: seeds, careful watering, gentle heating, PTFE and the winter rest.

Myrmecocystus placodops care from a founding queen to a colony full of repletes: warmth, careful watering, honey and protein, PTFE and winter.

Myrmecocystus semirufus care from a founding queen to a colony with repletes: warmth, careful watering, plenty of honey and protein, PTFE and winter.

Acromyrmex versicolor care for experienced keepers: the desert leafcutter, its fungus garden, leaves and petals, high humidity, gentle warmth and escapes.

Trachymyrmex septentrionalis care for experienced keepers: the northern fungus-gardening ant, what to feed its fungus, high humidity, gentle warmth and winter rest.

Pheidole rhea care from founding queen to a colony of thousands: heating, watering, seeds, feeding the supermajors, PTFE and winter.

Lasius americanus care from a single queen to a colony of thousands: warmth, watering, feeding, PTFE and winter for the woodland Lasius ant.

Formica pallidefulva care from a founding queen to a thriving colony: warmth, watering, feeding, PTFE and winter for the pale field ant.

Crematogaster cerasi care from founding queen to a colony of thousands: warmth, watering, feeding, PTFE and winter rest for the common acrobat ant.