Leaf Cutting Ant Forum

Hello I am new to this forum and were wondering how to find a queen ant in my area, also what kind of places a queen would be found in

Zach wrote:Hello I am new to this forum and were wondering how to find a queen ant in my area, also what kind of places a queen would be found in

Hi and welcome, what type of ant queen are you after? This is predominantly a leafcutting ants forum.

Deansie26 wrote:

Zach wrote:Hello I am new to this forum and were wondering how to find a queen ant in my area, also what kind of places a queen would be found in

Hi and welcome, what type of ant queen are you after? This is predominantly a leafcutting ants forum.

I don't really mind just any ant will do as it is my first time if there are any leaf cutters that would be nice

Where do you live Zach.? That would probably be the main factor in whether you can source a leaf cutter queen. Sorry if you've already said.

Around Maidstone Rainham area

Aah, well no leaf cutter queens for you sadly, they are principally a tropical species. UK species that should be fairly easy to catch would be black ants (lasius niger) or red ants (miserable red bitey f***rs)...

Although I think you've probably missed it for this year.

This may help,

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid ... 0my%20area

Thx for the help

Zach wrote:Hello I am new to this forum and were wondering how to find a queen ant in my area, also what kind of places a queen would be found in

You can find small colonies of Leaf Cutting Ants online. If you contact a number of UK online suppliers they will all be able to point you towards basic housing and care requirements. You should have a read around here and see if keeping Leaf Cutters appeals to you. Its what all people who are interested in ants should be keeping.