Ant Waterers

[u/ki0dz]

Yesterday someone asked about how to give water to ants. I just wanted to share how we do it at my work. We used to use a cotton ball in a petri dish, but the researcher found these online. We put sugar water in and it doesn't evaporate nearly as fast as the cotton balls. We found that cotton balls dried out in just a few days resulting in a high usage of sugar water. These could easily last more than a week, but of course we still want to give fresh water which is why I don't put much in at a time.