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I have a Formica colony that was in a test tube setup and doing very well. She had 10 workers, several eggs, and a few enclosing. I decided to connect the outworld the test tube was in to an AntsCanada Hybrid Nest with the idea that in the near future I would move the colony there. Well, to my surpr...

Solenopsisace wrote:By the way do yall know wat the are?

I'd re-post in the Ant Identification Thread to get an answer.

AntsRule wrote:Congratulations, I am still working on finding a queen so I am at the beginning dun-dun-daaa (sorry felt like it needed that!) Good luck and happy anting!!!

Thanks!

Watch out for rain! Usually the next day you will get nuptial flights.

Just had to announce that my Formica sp. 'colony' has its first nanitic! I captured the Queen Aug. 1, 2015, she laid eggs April 6, and now, May 7, nanitics! It's taken 9 months from capture to this point!!! It has certainly required major patience. My two Lasius sp. Queens laid eggs last fall but no...

I hibernate my ants outside in ice cream boxes and it's been working alright for now. Just be sure to keep them in the shade and watch out for temperatures below freezing. The problem is my patio is south facing and when it's sunny all day.... The bar fridge is working perfectly. Keeping them at a ...

Thanks for the tips/advice. Lesson learned!! I had a total of 10 Queens, 2 Formica sp. and 8 Lasius sp. Luckily, 1 Formica and 2 Lasius survived. Interestingly, only 2 of my Lasius queens had eggs/larvae/pupae and lo and behold, those are the two that survived. Coincidence? ;) Bought a bar fridge to...

I hibernated my ants by putting them in a toolbox out on my patio (I live in a condo and don't have a garage!). It is getting down to about 8-10C at night and 16-18C during the day. My patio is south facing and I didn't think but it got really hot in the toolbox. It looks like the glass even expande...

Jonathan21700 wrote:Myrmica sp. Very hard to ID.
They are semiclaustral and need to be fed every 2-3 days.

I think you are right. Thanks for the ID. I think I will release them.

One of them as a matter of fact did not even lay a single egg until 8 months after I caught her- she was at the point where I needed to feed her like a semi-clausteral queen because she burned all her fat reserves from just sitting around for 8 months at the point she got a worker. Formica, like Ca...

Finally got my extension tube for my DSLR. These were taken with a 60mm Macro Lens + 25mm extension tube to get an idea of how small they were. You really get to see the hairs on these: http://i57.tinypic.com/6fp341.jpg http://i58.tinypic.com/14tlmae.jpg I caught two of these ladies. Both are defini...