Antsie

Don't go on me. They're just ants.
We got a new type of ant farm that looks like an ant hill.

The front of the ant farm.

The back of it, where the real sand is.

"Go to the ant thou sluggard. Consider her ways and be wise." Proverbs 6:6




I also have a nymph praying mantis.

Ewww, bugs!

I am with you on that one!

Missy <--- bug phobia

They are a lot like people. They even have "meetings". They'll gather together and touch each other with their antennae. It's how they communicate. I got a picture of my ants holding a meeting today:

Sorry that it isn't very easy to see through the ant farm wall on the camera.
Here's how far they've gotten on constructing their tunnels so far:

I want, but with my friends the Black Ants from outside.

What would they eat if someone got them?

A few tiny bread crumbs is enough for these ants every three of four days. And a couple of drops of water is enough for them too. Anymore than that will cause too much moisture in there and they will die. (I can say that from past experience.)
These ants are harvester ants. We ordered them through and they were shipped to us in the mail. When you receive them, they are in a little container and you put them in your freezer for 15 to 20 minutes. (That makes them too cold to move when you transport them into the ant farm.) Then you put them in the ant farm and they get to work making tunnels once after the first day. It's neat to watch their progress. They can't ship the queen ant, so the ants that you receive die after a few months (except for the queen ant, ants don't live long) and you have to order more if you want more.
P.S. And my praying mantis died. Probably because Cookie got up to look through the window where the mantis's container (with food in it) was sitting. Cookie's paws knocked it over.

Omg, ants!

I have a few pet snails Snails are fun, but unfortuanatly... All they can do is crawl, eat, hide in their shell, and bubble x3

But wow, ants... That must be so interesting! I've allways wanted ants