New to this, first ant ever caught
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New to this, first ant ever caught
Hi guys,
I am new to ants and after watching a million videos I started looking more for queens and while I was watching my dogs in the yard, I found this crawling between the wood panels of my garden.
http://imgur.com/mx1GhxG
http://imgur.com/5e3ypKm
http://imgur.com/7CqEauF
The first 2 pictures are from Sunday when I found her and the last one is from today, Thursday. I am pretty sure she is a queen now since the 2 grains of mini rice look like eggs
Is she a pavement ant? Tetrasomething?
I live in Quebec, Canada and I have a lot of small black/brown ants and ultra mini brown ants in my yard if that can help.
I now need to get myself test tubes before she needs to hibernate!
I am new to ants and after watching a million videos I started looking more for queens and while I was watching my dogs in the yard, I found this crawling between the wood panels of my garden.
http://imgur.com/mx1GhxG
http://imgur.com/5e3ypKm
http://imgur.com/7CqEauF
The first 2 pictures are from Sunday when I found her and the last one is from today, Thursday. I am pretty sure she is a queen now since the 2 grains of mini rice look like eggs
Is she a pavement ant? Tetrasomething?
I live in Quebec, Canada and I have a lot of small black/brown ants and ultra mini brown ants in my yard if that can help.
I now need to get myself test tubes before she needs to hibernate!
Re: New to this, first ant ever caught
Definitely a camponotus sp. I am going to say camponotus chromaiodes
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Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Pheidole sp.
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Pheidole sp.
Re: New to this, first ant ever caught
With all the things ants can do, you wonder, who rules the planet
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Pheidole sp.
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Pheidole sp.
Re: New to this, first ant ever caught
A few more pictures with a ruler. I made her a special chamber with 2 tubes of water so I can leave her alone longer and 2 access points for next year. Saw this setup on some website.
After 30 minutes she had already moved her 4 tiny eggs in I keep it covered so it stays dark.
After 30 minutes she had already moved her 4 tiny eggs in I keep it covered so it stays dark.
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Re: New to this, first ant ever caught
No Camponotus chromaiodes that far north; Camponotus herculeanus.
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Re: New to this, first ant ever caught
I can't see a water source in the picture.
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1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
Re: New to this, first ant ever caught
The 2 tubes without cotton balls are water tubes. She put her eggs between them.
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Re: New to this, first ant ever caught
Oh, okay. What's stopping the water from flowing out of the tubes if there's no cotton?
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