We found one and wanted to keep it as pet. We went to the local pet store to find out what we should feed it. The guy said that it would probably die in two weeks because they needed carpenter ants to live.
Once a month I would go up into the mountains with a picnic cooler and find a carpenter ant colony and shovel it into the cooler. The ants were just fine doing their ant thing in the cooler.
We would feed the horned toad aunts almost exclusively with an occasional grub treat.
He lived for 6 years with us. My wife still has him in a box.
Wow. That’s something!
I’d love to have one again, but I know there is no way I could keep it alive.
I just hope they can save what’s left of the little fellers.