Leaf Cutting Ant Forum

Got my new colony a week or so ago from Andrew: here are a few pics of initial developments

Arrived and introduced:





After few days:



Week or so later:



Will update with current picture tonight, growing very nicely: first soldier about to be born (whatever the correct terminology is). Was quite surprised to see a couple of soldier pupae in this size colony, but nice surprise

Looking fantastic!!!
Much bigger fungus than the last colony already !

Looking good!

Great stuff Martin, glad to see you jumped straight back in. Is your set up basically the same?
Can I ask what that green flexi hose is from?

This is why Andrew is my bae.

Because he's so damn generous with the fungus.

Deansie it is very similar setup, the nest box is sitting on biscuit tile (absorbent non painted tile) as before, but this time I have added sand around base and tile, is really helping to keep box humid .
The green walk way, is just a cheap garden wire type thing I found in the local poundshop. It is a fine dense foam outer, with metal wire inner, meaning you can contort it to shape you want. Ideal size atm for the colony.

The colony is looking strong and well recovered. Nice dark fungus, they will go well now I think. You need a humidity probe and a temperature probe right in where the fungus is so you are measuring directly off the fungus what the conditions are right there. Happy to see progress.

Update. Still doing well.





New nest box prepared for them to expand into:

Fantastic!