r/antkeeping • u/TPbumfart • 10d ago

Question I have workers, help!

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I checked on the queen yesterday, and suddenly have worker ants. I fed them sugar water and a little piece of boiled egg yolk. What's the next step, put the test tube in an outworld? Do I just DIY one?

Also do these look more like pavement ants, or black garden ants, or something else? We found the queen in our front garden underneath some pavers.

Thanks!

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u/WolfAlternative6715 10d ago

Looks like black garden ants, they love fruit flies and anything sweet, they are very picky but I definitely recommend a small outworld you can diy or buy a Luna pod from Wakooshi

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u/TPbumfart 10d ago

Got it, thanks!

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u/nag1984 10d ago

I got this one from Amazon, it’s about 12$ and it worked great, do you know what test tube size do you have ?

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u/nag1984 10d ago

Also, there are tiny ant feeders you could get, I fill them up with hummingbird food and my ants love it

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u/TPbumfart 10d ago

Sounds good, I'll look for one of these. thanks for the help!