Ant World Africa

04/04/2022

What looks good to us is good for your ants too:
- decoration increases surface area and allows your ants to walk around a little more
- you can hide food so that your ants need to actively search for it
- different material for your ants to walk on is stimulating for them and increases activity and health
- especially ants with good vision benefit from this because they now can hide if they want to and admire the decoration too

Who says that ants are incapable to appreciate something beautiful? As long as we don't know for sure, lets be fair and assume they can. :)

Message us, if you want something like this!
Chat soon.

20/03/2022

Ant farms available: Come get your own ant farm and watch your colony grow!
We currently have available:
Camponotus cosmicus
Camponotus grandidieri
Camponotus maculatus
Camponotus vestitus
Crematogaster sp.
and some other beautiful species.

It's yours for R1.450: formicarium, tools, ant colony and delivery

20/03/2022

Camponotus cosmicus: The queen's gaster (abdomen) looks like it's covered with golden dust. Once the colony grows in number, worker's body size will increase too. Large workers will be just as beautiful as the queen.

19/03/2022

Incipient Camponotus maculatus colony: Because they feel safe in their formicarium, workers moved the larvae and eggs to a slightly warmer spot outside their test tubes. The queen didn't want to miss out and joined.

16/03/2022

Maintaining hygiene in your formicarium is very important, especially while your colony is still small: the smaller your colony, the more vulnerable it is towards loss of workers due to infection. In an incipient colony the death of a single worker can easily equal a reduction of colony size by 20%, if the colony only had 5 workers. To make cleaning easier, place fruits and other large sources of food on small dishes such as bottle lids or a small piece of wrapping film. This way you prevent fungi to grow from the fruit into the substrate in your formicarium.

Here you see workers of Camponotus maculatus feeding on an apple piece placed on a small piece of wrapping film: Happy ants!

15/03/2022

An incipient Camponotus cosmicus colony decided to chill outside of its nest.
In past, most ant species were considered as sessile organisms, but recent research suggests that even established colonies of many species don't hesitate to leave their nest and build a new one, if it offers better conditions.
They "like to move it, move it" - just like us. 🥳

10/03/2022

An ant farm on your desk doesn't just good; it might also help you to improve your concentration. Watch them work hard and allow them to remind you to work hard as well to achieve your goals. Grow with your colony.

We sell sets for R1.450, including all you need: formicarium, tools, colony and delivery within South Africa.

These species we currently have available:
Camponotus maculatus
Camponotus cosmicus
Camponotus vestitus
Camponotus grandidieri
Crematogaster sp.

Want one?
Send us an email:
[email protected]

14/02/2020

The World of ants: 14.03.2020, 9:00 - 12:00.
Are you interested in ants? Please join us! The workshop is directed at 12 to 18 year-olds, but any age is welcome. This three-hour workshop will introduce you to interesting facts about ants and offers activities related to ant identification, sampling, and setting up an ant farm.

13/01/2020

Good news: We improved our supply chain and can now offer ant farms and ant colonies for lower prices than in the past:
Ant farm with tools and connection pieces to add on: R700 (-30%)
Ant colonies:
Camponotus cosmicus / maculatus / vestitus: R450 (-55%)
Myrmicaria natalensis: R350 (-58%)
… and many other species.
Send us an email to:
[email protected] and become an ant keeper today!
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07/12/2019

Surprise your loved ones with an ant farm!

We're running a special: LIKE, FOLLOW and SHARE this post and get R300 off our starter set that includes ant farm, tools, ant species (Queen + first workers) and delivery for R1.500 instead of R1.800.

email: [email protected]

29/11/2019

29/11/2019

Pheidole … active, always hungry, fast growing, aggressive, … and polymorphic as well as polygynous. Fabulous!
Problem: They escape easily from DIY-formicariums and you'll have them in your house.

If you would like to keep this fascinating ant, use our sealed formicariums: no oil, no powder, just glass. No ant gets out.

Price incl. tools: R1.000, delivery: R200
Questions? -> E-Mail: [email protected]

15/09/2018

o all ant keeping lovers, we have new and improved Ant Farm Starter Kits with colony (Myrmicaria natalensis) available.

Starter kit includes: ant farm, colony, tools/equipment, gravel and 4 ready prepared glass test tubes.

Cost with delivery in South Africa R1.300 or collection R1.100

While Stock Lasts!!!

Orders can be placed via email: [email protected]

Contact number: 072 1011 366, Christopher

18/04/2018

Queen discrimination in polygynous ants? Nepotism in ants? Do queens compete with each other? How about queen distribution in polygynous ant colonies? These and other questions can be your research project! By placing colonies under narrow glass plates it is possible to easily reveal some dynamics in ant colonies. The picture shows a polygynous Pheidole colony. Brood and some queens clearly separated. Which larvae pile and which queens will receive food first? By installing a video recording system, not only separation, but also material flow can be revealed easily. In comparison, the second picture shows a young monogynous Pheidole colony found by a single queen. Brood and queen are not separated, but rather all on one pile. Knowledge is primarily based on data collection. Don't be shy and collect some data; record your ants and draw conclusions! :)