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I have a small starting tetra colony with around a dozen workers. I slipped a drinking straw chunk into the cotton as an exit hole and connected the test tube to a homemade test tube portal. I put a drop of honey outside the test tube, but they won't leave. I am worried that they will run out of th...

woops! Sorry people! I think I posted that in the wrong topic! Yes, camponotus.

Hi fellow ant keepers, hope you all are doing well. :) So today I caught another queen ant in my apartment. Not sure what specie is that so help me out on this one too.:) Sorry for the bad picture quality once again but i don't have a proper camera setup for high resolution pictures. Thanks and Reg...

Idahoantguy wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:34 am

Batspiderfish wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 06, 2017 7:59 am

These are Formica social parasites from the rufa or sanguinea group. They will need Formica pupae if you want to keep them.

Oh that's too bad, I was really hoping to have another species other than tetramorium

I feel ya! I think thats about all we get here!

Nephima wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 06, 2017 2:20 pm

Can anyone ID this beauty for me?

https://youtu.be/THv2rj_N2b0

Not camponotus. Lasius Neoniger most likely! I have a colony of em myself

also, the fruit fly culture will die in a couple of months after purchase. unfortunately they do not breed never-endingly.

Aquaexploder wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:09 pm

Found today in Rhode Island after rain.
https://imgur.com/gallery/QOEHA

Lasius neoniger

Looks like formica

It doesn't look like it is, but to be 100 percent positive we need more pics from different angles. also measurements.

TavLeeRayTay wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 05, 2017 4:35 pm

I have this queen that has her first worker that I caught in windermere florida (central Florida) near a lake in the afternoon. She is about 5 mm in length.

Here are some pictures:
https://goo.gl/photos/govrJ8ykr8vfTH4WA

Probably Lasius Niger