Ants keeping

Apr. 02, 2011

New fashion of Keeping Ants as Pets

When you were quite small you would have examined us ants with quite interest and some of the keen learners amongst you must have even maintained an ant farm. At that time you must have thought of keeping ants as pets quite unusual, and you would have thought of our ant farms as a source of playing for childeren. Well,at that time that was so but now there are even special people who study ants, and are called myrmecologists. These people often keep ants as pets, and provide the with all they need to live for the sake of studying us. This proves that keeping ants as pets is no more considered a child's play. You humans try to hide it, but face it; you yourselves keep ants as pets, which is the evidence to the fact that you yourselves think of us as fascinating creatures.

Closed | Feb. 25, 2011

Creating an Ants' Farm

How are you feeling about creating an ant farm tomorrow? I am really excited about it. Write your reflections


  • This is going to be something really interesting. I really hope it turns out right. Such activities are a great source of fun!
    Apr. 25, 2011

     

  • i could not believe when i got to know we were going to make a ant farm tomorrow i am so excited! i can not put my feelings into words. i do hope it all goes fine and fun.
    Mar. 22, 2011

     

  • We are going to make an ant farm tomorrow ! im very excited because this work iam going to do first time and it will be a fun experince for me and my team members . I hope i do my job nicely........i am desperatly wating for tomorrow's morning
    Feb. 27, 2011

     

  • you know we are making an ant farm tomorrow for the thinkquest project and i am very enthusiastic about making it. i hope none of the ants bite me =p. i pray that my expectations come out to be a success. =)
    Feb. 26, 2011

     

  • I am feeling happy and excited and i hope we will do good in the competition and win it.
    Feb. 25, 2011

     

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Apr. 02, 2011

Steps to Keep an Ant Colony

If you really are inspired by ants (which you would obviously be ) after all that we have told you, we now will tell you how you scould keep an ant colony. There are a few steps which will lead you to  a successful ant farm (but only if you will be interested). It is just as fun as cooking something so come on fetch your utensils (which are fun, and enthusiasm), and get ready to be enjoying the pleasure to cook the recipe to an ant farm.

Ingredients                                                                                                 

  1. "18" long x 8"wide x 12"high fish aquarium" (Aq.a)
  2. "16"long x 6"wide x 9"high fish aquarium " (Aq.b)
  3. Glue

Method

 

  1. Use Aq.a as the outside wall of the ant nest, and A.q b as the inside.
  2. Clear up the top of A.q b, and do not let any "cheap plastic" stay on it so that it could be glued.
  3. Then put A.q a with in such a manner that its open side is upward.
  4. Put A.q b inside A.q a with its open side downward.  (glue it inside but leave 1" for dirt) You can also add ligt effects.
  5.   To make the nest harder you should add something smooth, or the best would be to glue 2" strips on the top.
  6. FIll the one inch area with dirt, but leave about "an inch of space from the top"
  7. Get ants (workers, and the queen are necessary) , and fill them in the nest

 

Apr. 02, 2011

Capturing ants

If you really want to capture and then observe ants you should read the following

 Before capturing small ants, you should lick the tip of your fore finger or an end of of a pair of chopsticks to make it easy to capture the ant. Then gently press your forefinger on the back of the ant so it can be captured. If the ant clings to your finger, put it in a bottle.

 

When capturing large ants you should pick up the ant by pinching it between your thumb and middle finger. Then put it in a bottle and place some sheets of tissue papers in it. Be careful that if you put a large number of ants they might die because of the formic acid that they excrete