Just had a question come in from a young ant enthusiast (edited):
If you have heard of an Ant-O-Sphere(eight pods) I’m trying to make a colony in there but so far the bulldog ants are too big and the Argentine ants are too small.
I don’t know what other ants I can find in Australia (where I live) Victoria Mornington.
I wonder is there an ant shop in Victoria?
I’m not familar with Australian ants at all, so I’m going to put this out to you the reader. Do you have any helpful suggestions?
It is easy to imagine that neither bull ants nor Argentine ants would be really the best choices for an ant farm. It also seems likely the Argentine ants are probably chasing out the local species of ants (see reference below), like they have done in California.
Does anyone out there have any ideas of suitable Australian ants that might be available and good for use in an ant farm?
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