Leaf Cutting Ant Forum

New Members Introductions
Tell us about yourself. Are you starting out, have you kept Leaf Cutters for a while, are you a researcher. Let the members know what your interests are.

New Keepers Area
Advice and help for new keepers and those starting to keep Leaf Cutting Ants for the first time.

Leaf Cutting Ants in Captivity
Ideas, techniques, problems and issues associated with keeping Leaf Cutting Ants in Captivity

Public Display Colonies
Pictures and reports of colonies on show around the world

Members Journals
Let everyone see the story of your colony(ies) over time. Pictures, developments, success and failures, what works / what doesn't, and your plans for expansion as time goes by!

'Build' Projects
Post your builds, private or commercial set ups. This is where we will document the creation of housing or the planning and construction of projects from scratch. This differs from the Journal Section because this section does not concentrate on the Ants or the other animals that are being kept, this section focuses on the progress of the build.

Leaf Cutting Ants, Field Observations
Post here for any notes or records of sightings in the wild. Behaviour, nuptial flights etc, everything about these ants from the Tropics!

Amazing Leaf Cutter Facts
Things we know or find out about Leaf Cutting Ants that are incredible and need to be shared with everyone else

Other Fungus Growing Ants
Fungus growers of genus that are not Atta or Acromyrmex. If you like them, keep them or want to talk about them, post here.

Transporting and Sending Leaf Cutters
Posts relating to advice and tips on how to send Leaf Cutters to other people via postage, couriers, freight or hand carrying.

Leaf cutting ant expeditions, trips and visits
Post here if you are going to a country or area where leaf cutters are found, if you are visiting a zoo or museum, or going anywhere that has these ants in the wild or in captivity.

Taxonomic Chatter
Part of our Scientific Interest area. This section is for contributions to Leaf Cutting Ants taxonomy. This may be photographs, descriptions, identification keys, discussion about species level characteristics etc.

Food Plants
What you feed, where you get it from, basically we will build up a comrehensive list of suitable plants to feed Leaf Cutters. Also in temperate countries, what do you feed them in the Winter?

General Discussion
Everything else relating to Leaf Cutting Ants, chat, ideas, suggestions, housing projects etc

Dead Journals
Old journals that have not been updates for longer than 6 months.

LCA Science and Biology
Findings and facts relating to the form and function of Leaf Cutting Ants

LCA Behaviour

Laboratory Setup's

Advanced Husbandry Issues
Questions and Discussions for experienced keepers. Post here to engage our community in an exchange of ideas, report on tried and tested techniques and to discuss issues and observations likely to stimulate an challenge.

Leaf Cutting Ants For Sale / Wanted
Live Colonies of Leaf Cutting Ants for sale or wanted. Please note details must include Species, size (approx number of ants / size of fungus garden / age) and cost including postage.

All Non Leafcutting Ants for Sale/ Wanted
Live Colonies of Ants for sale or wanted. Please note details must include Species, size (approx number of ants/ age) and cost including postage.

Leaf Cutting Ant Housing, Equipment and Accessories
All Leaf Cutting Ant associated stuff for sale or wanted

All Non Leaf Cutting Ant Housing, Equipment and Accessories
Housing, equipment and accessories for all non leafcutting species.

Non Leaf Cutting Ant Journals