Maryland March 5 4mm

[DrPants]

I caught this queen when her colony decided to move her into a cereal box in my cupboard. I quickly tossed her and some workers in a ziplock with a test tube setup and she has started laying eggs after just a couple days.

4-5mm long, Maryland, Caught March 5

[Martialis]

The queen or workers?

[DrPants]

The queen

[Batspiderfish]

Tapinoma sessile.

[DrPants]

thank you

[SpeciesK]

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapinoma_sessile) says:
"Little is known about the lifespan of the ant, though it has been shown that queens live at least 8 months (and probably much longer), workers at least a few months (and show every indication of living as long as queens), while males appear to live only approximately a week."
So you could be the one who tells science how long they live.

[Batspiderfish]

My colony lived for five years before a hibernation accident killed them.