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by Wardword
Thu Jul 23, 2020 5:13 pm
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Topic: Can Canada raise big head ants and honeypot ants?
Replies: 1
Views: 1347

Re: Can Canada raise big head ants and honeypot ants?

It's illegal to import and raise non native / non local species in Canada.
by Wardword
Thu Jul 23, 2020 5:10 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Please Help ID this Queen for me.
Replies: 1
Views: 1495

Please Help ID this Queen for me.

Please ID this Queen for me.

It's 1.25" long, was caught mid June, already has some workers.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CyjrwjJLrWUez_oBm-ZZWYc7iaQzIKN6/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-uIt50E3finFHH14tW7WFVoEw2PxHSsS/view?usp=sharing
by Wardword
Mon Jun 22, 2020 4:42 am
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Topic: New Queen she has a weird spike ?
Replies: 1
Views: 1455

Re: New Queen she has a weird spike ?

Oh also her most advanced pupae has not cocooned. If that helps.
They seem to be developing in half the time my Campanotis do.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S5fCMPV4myvCpKK1MYcH66-_WpOWc86k/view?usp=sharing
by Wardword
Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:54 am
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Topic: My camponotus colony won't grow
Replies: 7
Views: 4849

Re: My camponotus colony won't grow

I had nearly 100 Camp Nova, even some sub majors, and all died this spring... Year 3 and they just died out, no mites, well fed. They just started dying in mass all the sudden. Kinda sad.. I found a new Queen about a week ago not sure what it is, looks Formica but it has a spike. SHe is producing eg...
by Wardword
Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:46 am
Forum: Temporary Placeholder
Topic: New Queen she has a weird spike ?
Replies: 1
Views: 1455

New Queen she has a weird spike ?

I was thinking Formica but then I saw the spike, seen in the 2nd picture links below. 1st pic is a full body . She is much smaller than my Campanotis Pen. and Camp. Nova. queens, she's about the size of a Formica queen but that weird Spike has me thinking she is something else.. Found her June 16th ...
by Wardword
Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:16 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Do Tetramorium make red workers ?
Replies: 2
Views: 1825

Do Tetramorium make red workers ?

I have a Queen that I thought was Tetramorium, she has a few workers several months old and they remained red.

Could these be fire ants ?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1xSL_ll5_hUZDhyVmJzYWdjQUJtVGpmc1RfZ2dSTTdfYXlJ/view?usp=sharing
by Wardword
Mon Sep 17, 2018 12:28 am
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Topic: New Camp. Nova. Colony progress, Majors already !! ??
Replies: 3
Views: 2446

Re: New Camp. Nova. Colony progress, Majors already !! ??

That's so awesome ;)
It's nice to seem them thrive...really enjoy watching them advance.

Thank you for the info, and the reply :)
by Wardword
Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:28 pm
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Topic: Straight up Murder.
Replies: 2
Views: 2397

Re: Straight up Murder.

lildude52ca wrote:
Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:28 am
So one of my last years colony of about 100 or so just straight up murdered their queen.. stress right?
Or your nest was infiltrated by a parasitic queen.
by Wardword
Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:22 pm
Forum: Temporary Placeholder
Topic: New Camp. Nova. Colony progress, Majors already !! ??
Replies: 3
Views: 2446

New Camp. Nova. Colony progress, Majors already !! ??

Hello I captured this beauty June 18th, wandering on my back step. This is a pic of her on day 1. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_2ayU6TTG9DSm5BTlkwMmo4bUlKb0o1Y1BiYi1TcmxGUnVn Her 1st batch of eggs was 11 in size. Few weeks later she matched that again. By early Aug, she began hatching out her ...
by Wardword
Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:06 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: ID plz
Replies: 2
Views: 1797

ID plz

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_2ayU6TTG9DcWgzaE1XaDlwVW9SaVVrNy1ST1FQdFZGT25Z
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_2ayU6TTG9DWUtvaEhTR2tXaXNOVlNlaWI0Z1ZfNWQ4SExV

1.3cm's long