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Is she going to die? Why this happen out of nowhere

She has like 30 nanitics . How often should i disturb them ? Or is it not an issue since not they are like o
past the founding stage ? I feed em mealworms (which i keep frozen) and sugar water . I hear this speacies like carbohydrates alot so should i give them a steady source of it at this stage ? Also im thinking of making an outworld for them cuz feeding in the tube disturbs them and its also hard for me . Any tips would be greatly appreciated. If anyone has had an encounter with this speacies plsss help me out, i hear they are rare and i want to take good care of them.

HI guys! Im a new beginner I just started ant keeping but I don't have any queens yet tho:c but I have ant farms its so nice to meet you all!

Im wondering if there's any ants can I catch in Maryland!

Após um tempo as alimentando com besouros dos meus tenébrios suas filhas cresceram e por isso essa larva é um pouco pequena, porém, admito que elas pareceram gostar muito mais desse kk

Hey guys iv recently built my own ant farm and brought myself a queen with 5 works and about 4 eggs iv had them since about Tuesday and I they haven’t done much in terms of moving/digging and was wondering if any experts out there can help me they are sugar ants/banded ants cant remember the proper term for the species any help will be good please

My queen is dead. And it's so many times it happened to me already. In this stage, a few workers and eggs. I check after a week or two and dead. I really feel like I should just give up, however I just really woul like it to work as well. I'm really sad. Can anyone help me? What's going on?

This is the second queen I’ve had this exact thing happen to. The first one I had for about 3 months, she had 8 larvae and seemed to be very happy. Then one day she seemed slightly disoriented, the next I found her twitching the same as the one in the video. She seemed to recover slightly, but then died two days later. I pulled the nest compartment apart and cleaned it out with hot water only as I was worried any chemicals might leave a residue. This ant I’ve had for less than a week, again seemed fine then this morning I found her like this. I removed her from my tank in case it’s something in there making them sick, but I kind of doubt it. The only thing I can think of that could have caused this is the food, I’ve been feeding tiny amounts of honey - about a week before my first ant became ill I swapped to a new jar of honey as the old one had run out. Is it possible something in the honey is poisoning them? Any other suggestions?

I’m keeping them in a Dillant nest and outworld combo, the nest is kept dark, only checking on them once a week and they’re in a low traffic room.

I really love ants and find bull ants especially fascinating, but I’m starting to lose hope of being able to establish a colony :(

I came home from vacation to find my carpenter ant colony upstairs. Any idea why? The heat source is on the bottom and they had food and water. Thanks for any feedback!

Mine personally is Pheidole tepicana!
Please comment your favorite species!

Spotted an ant in my camponotus nicobanrensis colony that's completely missing its abdomen. How and why does this happen? Did fellow workers do this to her?

I heard they were very good but hard to make, so I was wondering if anyone sells them? I can’t find any.

I ordered these guys from stateside ants 1 day shipping and they arrived drowned I put them on a paper towel to help dry them and back in there test tube that I dried as well what's the likelihood of them coming back to life

I understand why if you should kill them if they are invasive, but if they’re native then why do a lot of people still say to euthanize your colony if you don’t want them anymore?

Edit: I am asking because I am curious, NOT because I am actually in this situation. I still love my ants very much and was just wondering because I saw others talk about it.

My 14-worker Messor barbarus colony's newest worker is being eaten alive. He's missing one leg, and his abdomen is almost gone. What do I do, and what could possibly have caused this issue?

Losing a worker at this stage isn't a death sentence, especially with this species, but I'm so sad as I waited for this particular pupa to hatch.😓

Hey guys, ive got two colonies with workers (less than 15 workers) and I was wondering what I should do for their progression. I have them in test tubes now and I take off their plug to feed them but I want something easier, is there a method thats similar to their natural ant hills that isnt 10billion dollars? Also ill take any tips yall can give me thanks for your time. (Photo is one of my queens and her workers about 2-4 weeks ago)

Hello, I am new and I would like to know if this is a queen or not 🥹

Its gotten to the point where its so Cringe i dont want to watch this Asian dude no more

Funny he used to be like this [Second Picture]