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They're looking good

Yeah, I live near you and I found something similar to this about a week ago at night using a blacklight.

Nice!

antnest8 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 21, 2018 5:41 am

I've been waiting for this journal to start up again!

haha

I'd say she is of the Formica genus

Update: (Feb 20, 2018)

The colony is now in my living room and the workers and queen are all back to normal behavior. I can tell they drank some of the honey I gave them because their gasters are a lot bigger now.

Maybe vaseline will work?

Just to be safe, you should soak the Outworld and the tubes in very hot soapy water to disinfect it, then rinse it off with more hot water.

What location was she caught at?

And your queen is of the Lasius genus, but you should get a professional to ID the queen's species Do you know of any specific professionals? I tried searching for one but all I got were vague ID guides and pest control websites. The professionals all left this forum for some reason so you'd have t...