AntsKeep

02/08/2025

12/07/2025

A Camponotus ligniperda forager found a damaged caterpillar and is carrying it to its nest. 🐜🐛

12/06/2025

As with many species within the genus Messor, Messor laboriosus ants are characterized by their low maintenance requirements, which positions them as an ideal selection for beginner antkeepers. This particular species presents an aesthetically pleasing external morphology, featuring a prominently defined thoracic segment. While their staple diet is composed of plant seeds, they also readily consume protein, collecting the carcasses of invertebrate animals. Messor laboriosus are naturally distributed across the steppe and desert territories, encompassing Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Southern Russia, and Transcaucasia. 🐜

29/05/2025

Formica cinerea ants are the dominant species in the area where their nest is located and often form large colonies of several nests. Therefore, any attempts by ants of other species to compete with them are strongly discouraged. The ants have captured a queen, presumably Formica polyctena. Although Formica polyctena ants are a related species, they also dominate their environment, so the outcome of this fight is known. Such is wild nature!

27/04/2025

Myrmica ruginodis ants have a lot of brood after hibernation. 🥰

04/04/2025

Spring is coming! 🥰🥰🥰

24/03/2025

Camponotus nicobarensis is a very popular species of exotic ant, especially among beginners. The main habitats are China, Bangladesh, India, Laos, Nicobar Islands, Thailand and Vietnam. It has a beautiful coloration and pronounced castes among worker ants. Very unpretentious in care and is characterized by a rapid rate of family development. 🐜

16/03/2025

The ants of the genus Messor are characterized by a pronounced polymorphism among worker ants. The video shows how much the ants differ in size.

05/03/2025

Myrmicaria brunnea are amazing ants that live in Southeast Asia, in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, as well as Australia. Due to their manner of movement, pressing the abdomen to the lower side of the body, which is very different from other ants. They came to me in diapause, but now, with increased feeding, the queen has laid eggs. 😍😍😍