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If you zoom in on the second image, you can see she has a very pronounced petiole node.It's like a spike coming out of her back.

http://imgur.com/4c0Avim http://imgur.com/sL44Ze8 http://imgur.com/qffDuh0 http://imgur.com/1aU8Mkr Found in Reno, NV. Just by the look of her gaster, I want to say she's crematogaster sp. But really I have no I dea. I'll try to find my better camera, but she's pitch black and about 7-8 mm. Strangel...

antnest8 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:20 am

congrats and is that a camponotus ant?

After a lot of looking through pictures, I'm pretty sure she's camponotus semitestaceus.

After years of not knowing what I was doing when I found queen ants, and most of the time not catching them, I finally got two of them that have laid their first batches of eggs. I caught them last year and had to wait through their hibernation for them to start laying. Now another first! One of the...

antnest8 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 09, 2018 2:05 pm

please don't swear on these forums

I can't find any bad language in this post. Did I miss something?

Oh no! Sorry to hear that!
So that means they already flew?!

Wait! I think I sorted it out.
http://www.formiculture.com/ant-mating-chart-north-america.htm

As the title says; when do these D. Bicolor have nuptial flights? While hiking today, I spotted a colony of these little guys and thought they were really interesting looking ants. I took a couple pictures so I could ID them. I'm pretty sure I got it right, but if someone wants to check out the pics...

I tried. The baking soda didn't help at all today. Extra warmth just got her to shake a little. I think it's time for the freezer, since I've heard that's the most humane way to put down an ant. After yesterday, I thought it was just a matter of time for her to recover. An important note: if the ant...

This isn't good. She was standing yesterday, and now she's back in the curled posture... Her front legs and antennae are still moving, and now I don't know what my next step should be. Should I go back to the baking soda? Add a tiny slice of lemon to her test tube? Both? Touch a tiny drop of honey t...