ValleR1

Thank you!

There are a few photos of Tetramorium in the tunnels style of the nest in the first section. As soon as my honeypot colony is big enough I will move them into the blue sanded formicarium in the main photo of this Instructable.

Thanks! I wish it weren't so complicated, but when I set out to make the best formicarium that I possibly could, complexity inevitably followed.

Great! Post an Instructable when you're done. I can't wait to see them.

Great Instructable! I would just add two small suggestions. Generally when pinning lepidoptera the back edge of the front wings should be perpendicular to the body. It is also best to include the country in your labels rather than just a state abbreviation.

Thank you!

I'm glad it worked out in the end. Thanks for posting photos!

Thank you both!

Thanks Jeanniel! There are brief instructions for using the tray in the first section. The pinhole makes it easier to reattach the labels after they have been photographed.

Is there some trick to getting the red outlines of the layer above to show? I've been messing with the settings and trying google for an hour with no luck.

Entomologist here. I'm not going to tell anyone to refrain from trapping insects that are damaging their property, but it's actually the native species bees like carpenter bees that are more beneficial to ecosystems. The European honey bee, Apis mellifera, is not native and is actually detrimental to the native bees that it competes with outside of Europe.

Hi, I'm sorry that you cannot access Etsy. At this time I have no plans to list the files for sale on other sites. Thank you,Valle