Cincinnati OH queen help
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Cincinnati OH queen help
4 queens sorry for conversions but larger about 16mm (5/8") smaller about 6-7mm (1/4").
https://goo.gl/photos/A5DzitA6shWknNrc7
Any help appreciated I will try to get better pics but camera phone for now. Ty all!
https://goo.gl/photos/A5DzitA6shWknNrc7
Any help appreciated I will try to get better pics but camera phone for now. Ty all!
Re: Cincinnati OH queen help
Darker larger one with 2 workers is Camponotus pennsylvanicus. Two small ones are Crematogaster sp. The redder larger one with onlt brood i believe is a Camponotus chromaiodes but the pic is a bit fuzzy and i can't tell which is red/black.
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: Cincinnati OH queen help
Ty so much! All help is appreciated. I will try to get better photos going of them and I just found 3 more queens the other day. My son and I are brand new to this so it has been am exciting learning experience. As it seems like you have both species do you have any care suggestions and or possible preferences? I may only be able to keep one or two depending how much convincing I can do with the wife lol.
Re: Cincinnati OH queen help
I posted a couple more pics and grouped them a bit. The first 3 pics are the same queen, which to me looks significantly different to the queen in the sixth pic which after some research is certainly a crematogaster. The first queen nor her workers have that true heart shape imo. I also posted another pic of the red and black camponatus and two pics showing the three queens I just found the other day.
Ty again for your help!
Ty again for your help!
Re: Cincinnati OH queen help
Camponotus grow very slowly. So you could grow all three colonies easily for the first year or two. By the time they camponotus grow to a good size you will have enough experience that I think you will be able to handle all of them. Camponotus can be very finicky while still in the test tube phase so don't feel bad if one dies mysteriously. Just make sure you only peek at them once a week. If you end up not being able to care for all of them just let then go or sell on the GAN.AntsCincy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2017 6:04 pmI posted a couple more pics and grouped them a bit. The first 3 pics are the same queen, which to me looks significantly different to the queen in the sixth pic which after some research is certainly a crematogaster. The first queen nor her workers have that true heart shape imo. I also posted another pic of the red and black camponatus and two pics showing the three queens I just found the other day.
Ty again for your help!
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: Cincinnati OH queen help
Thank you again for all of of your help. I will certainly be attempting to keep the camponatus going for a while I know they are about a 2 year project. I was not even sure at all what to expect from them as they were rescued from a backyard firepit. The rest (All the smaller varieties) were found during flights. Do you still think both smaller queens w workers are crematogaster? As I said to me they look different, particularly the workers. I am also unsure about the last 3 that I caught. I thought possibly tetramorium myself. Anyways my son and I are really getting excited. Not sure if either of the queens w workers will flourish enough to go into formicarium before hibernation but still some time before then. I actually have the camponatus in open test tubes within a small tupperware setups as I was not sure what kind of feeding etc they would need as they were not coming off flights. Would you recommend sealing them up and just test tube feeding.AntsRule wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2017 6:31 pmCamponotus grow very slowly. So you could grow all three colonies easily for the first year or two. By the time they camponotus grow to a good size you will have enough experience that I think you will be able to handle all of them. Camponotus can be very finicky while still in the test tube phase so don't feel bad if one dies mysteriously. Just make sure you only peek at them once a week. If you end up not being able to care for all of them just let then go or sell on the GAN.AntsCincy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2017 6:04 pmI posted a couple more pics and grouped them a bit. The first 3 pics are the same queen, which to me looks significantly different to the queen in the sixth pic which after some research is certainly a crematogaster. The first queen nor her workers have that true heart shape imo. I also posted another pic of the red and black camponatus and two pics showing the three queens I just found the other day.
Ty again for your help!
Re: Cincinnati OH queen help
I make all my formicariums using this video,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDIJzYrMI7Q
If you want to be able to watch them more easily make a few of those.
As far as the new pics, Monomorium minimum and Tetramorium sp. E look soooo similar that without super good quality pics it will be impossible for me to tell them apart. Search each sp. on google images and you should be able to ID them your self. The queens with the workers that have the up turned almost heart shaped gasters are definitely crematogaster sp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDIJzYrMI7Q
If you want to be able to watch them more easily make a few of those.
As far as the new pics, Monomorium minimum and Tetramorium sp. E look soooo similar that without super good quality pics it will be impossible for me to tell them apart. Search each sp. on google images and you should be able to ID them your self. The queens with the workers that have the up turned almost heart shaped gasters are definitely crematogaster sp.
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.
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