Leaf Cutting Ant Forum

Hi guys,

I'm still new in keeping ants, originally from Sydney OZ, but currently staying in Indonesia for a short period of time.
My ant hobby started since I resided in Indonesia.

I started with Odontoponera tranversa because there are so many of them around the house, yes those were the first hard words I had to memorize 'Odontoponera transversa' that words are just so cryptic for my simple brain, took me ages to memorize, had to recall over and over again.

While looking after my daughter in the yard, I looked up a mango tree, I saw a ball of leaf with some red ants around it, I decided to disturbed it, just out of curiosity, that was a dumb thing to do, hundreds of red ants came out
These ants were so fast, they crawl everywhere and even bite, so peoples if you see a red ball of leaf on a tree in Asia, leave it alone!
Anyway that was the second hardest word I had to memorize 'Oecophylla smaragdina' such a beautiful ants, the make cool bridges.

So if you answer is NO to the following questions:
Is one ant species enough?
Is one queen enough?
Is one test tube enough?

Then you're an ant addict like me.
Please note, answering NO to the above questions will lead to many formicariums and extreme enjoyment.
You have been warned!
I believed I'm in the right place.

Currently keeping:
Odontoponera transversa
Odontomachus sp 'black'
Oecophylla smaragdina 'Asian'
Camponotus festinus
Coptotermes gestroi
Some other unidentified species

Nice to have you here, I've seen you on other forums, you have a nice collection

Hello and really nice to have you aboard. Very interesting collection you have. Andrew who will introduce himself shortly is actually off to Australia next year to collect ants,
Jamie

Hi Formica123, I actually stumbled across this forum from your website, as I was googling for some ant species.
Thank you for directing me to this forum.

Thank you for the welcome guys!

@Formica123 I love your Weaver Ant Acrylic Nest, I love to see it with Oecophylla smaragdina in it!

@indioant - glad you found it through my website It means some people actually bother looking on the links page, lol.
I'll be doing a giveaway for the weaver ant nest next year

@Formica123, My current Oecophylla smaragdina queens still very stressed, keeps eating her eggs, these are the wild caught. Once I have a stable queen with broods, I'll send them to you.

Wow, that's really appreciated. Thank you pal. If you do send one, I'll send you some test tubes or something in return

Indoant, fantastic to have you here. A forum like this needs people like you at its core. Great that you were not put off by this being a Leaf Cutting Ant forum because a love for one type of ant is actually a love for all. It seems I will be travelling quite a lot around your part of the world next year. I love the fact that you seem to have stumbled on this as a hobby and then ended up living in a place where there are spectacular species to keep. People with the same epiphany in the UK are stuck with Lasius niger or buying overseas. Leaf Cutting Ants are not currently allowed in Indonesia but we are active on this forum and will look to see what can be done about that. Please contribute here and learn. We have an off topic area where your contributions about other species will be welcome and most interesting. You are helping to turn this forum into a genuinely world wide enterprise. I think you will find this place very interesting. So a warm welcome to you and your ants!!