I took advantage of those offer codes from IWantOneOfThose.com (can't find affilate link) and brought myself an AntFarm.
*Mods I hope that this thread is okay if not I dont mind posting it at another location, all images are hosted on my webspace.
Thought I would setup a thread so you can see them perform their magic over the next month. I recieved the ant farm but had to send of for the ants. I recieved the ants 5 days later and here are the results so far.
This thread will be updated with any major changes as they happen.
The basic ant farm before introduction.
Welcome to your new home for the next month or so.
Apartently typical behaviour until they get used to their new surroundings.
Yeah, they have started to tunnel using the holes I made for them, all those little bits are what they have brought out.
I guess it makes sense to keep all your eggs in one basket.
I think I may have found a Queen larvae, look how big it is compared to the others. Its the only one in there this size. The ants have major trouble trying to move it.
The ants seem to have set up this as their temp home, they are crammed in here and have moved all the eggs into here.
Here is the tunnel progress after about 15 hours of activity.They have managed to dig quite a distance.
Updates to follow, including live webcam