Messor Barbarus - Harvester Ants

At long last, it seems that the Messor Barbarus have awoken from their hibernation. The first thing that they did was to move out of the plaster nest, and into the basin area.  They have also got a rather large hole to come and go from. I was a bit concerned at first because the plaster nest was completely empty, with one dead worker in the middle of it . So I took the lid off the basin area to check inside, and thats when I noticed the movement of the workers. I moistened the area for them as it looked a bit dry, and I noticed the Queen move into the tubing linking the two. She soon moved back into the basin though, and my worries were over. I have to say though, I,m not really sure what Im gonna do now, if they moved out of the plaster nest into the basin, they obviously prefer it...time will tell.

Tetramorium Caespitum - Pavement Ants

These gals are still hibernating, but there are a huge number of them, so the queen has been doing a good job. Lets just hope they have enough in their food stores to keep them going for as long as they rest up.

Camponotus Ligniperda - Carpenter Ants

Still no sign of action with these gals. They just sit in the tube, and do not very much at all...lol I think its still a bit cool for them at the moment.