PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ant rearing apparatus capable of more easily observing the structure of an ant nest and movement in the nest, maintaining a more cleaner habitat environment and rearing the ant for a long period of time.SOLUTION: There is provided an ant rearing apparatus 1 comprising particles having translucency, sand containing the particles at ≥20% of the sand volume and a rearing vessel 2 for filling the sand, wherein the average particle size of the particles is in the range of ≥50 nm and ≤5 mm, the rearing vessel 2 has a floor member 21, a plurality of sidewall members 22 fixed to the floor member 21 and forming a closed walls, a lid member 23 arranged with a distance from the floor member 21, as well as supported by the sidewall members 22 and equipped with an openable/closeable member 231 at least a part of which is openable/closeable, and a partition plate 24 partitioning a space partitioned with the floor member 21, the plurality of sidewall members 22 and the lid member 23 into an upper space 32 and a lower space 31 and in which a through-hole is formed.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】より容易に蟻の巣の構造や巣内での行動を観察でき、より清潔な生息環境を維持することができ、蟻を長期間飼育することができる蟻の飼育装置を提供する。【解決手段】透光性を有する粒子と、粒子を体積の20%以上含む砂と、砂を充填する飼育容器2とを有し、粒子の平均粒径が、50nm以上5mm以下の範囲内にある蟻の飼育装置1で、飼育容器2は、床部材21と、床部材21に固定され閉じた壁を形成する複数の側壁部材22と、床部材21と距離を置いて配置されるとともに側壁部材22に支持され、少なくとも一部が開閉可能な開閉部材231を備えた蓋部材23と、床部材21、複数の側壁部材22、蓋部材23により仕切られた空間を、上部の空間32と下部の空間31に仕切りかつ貫通孔が形成されてなる仕切板24と、を有する。【選択図】図1
