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Okay so i have some harvester ant queens and i have them in test tube setups. I know they are semi claustrial so i gave them a variety of seeds. I was just curious if keeping them in test tube setups would be the best idea or if i should move them to a container with some soil and also i was curious...

Okay thank you ive just heard different and wanted to confirm it. Unfortunately the queen that died didnt have any brood just workers so that sucks. I guess im gonna have to just let the little guys live out there lives im still feeding them and everything

Okay so one of my Dorymyrmex queens have passed away and she has about 5 to 10 workers. My question is can i combine the workers of the dead queen with another existing queen. I have about 10 other dorymyrmex queens with workers and a few with just brood in their test tubes. If so should i combine t...

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I am building some formicariums for my ants and i had a few questions. All of the sides will be flat 8"L x 10"W x 1" high . all of the sides of the formicarium will be flesh to each other but i was wondering if they could chew through low oder bath and kitchen silicone on the outside of the seams wh...

PTasker15 wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:42 pm

1-Pheidole Magecephala
2-Solenopsis Sp
3-??

Could you possible check out my post titled camponotus? To see what you think? I would love your opinion on that as well. Thank you for your help!

Thank you guys so much for your help and replies! With further research from your references i am happy to confirm that species 1 is a pheidole big headed ant and queen 2 is indeed solenopsis sp. Sorry batspiderfish for doubting you at first. I just figured they were all red lol. No i can probably t...

Batspiderfish wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:56 pm

If she's 8mm, then Dorymyrmex becomes a possibility, but that distinction would require better photographs.

Here are more pics which probably don't help all that much because i don't have the best camera. http://imgur.com/gallery/o6gOX5e

Batspiderfish wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:56 pm

If she's 8mm, then Dorymyrmex becomes a possibility, but that distinction would require better photographs.

Okay so which genus would it be with the yellow strips on her gaster. Is there a specific focal point for the pictures so you can identify her better ?

Here is a link to a forum posting about pictures. http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=162 Could you possible help me with a second opinion on my post and take a look at the pictures i posted? The first one was possible a camponotus queen and my second post had 3 queens in them which all...