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Handro421 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 06, 2018 5:45 pm

EchoMeter4 wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:12 pm

Lasius sp.

Thank you so much for helping!!! Is it a lasius niger, noeniger, or alienus? Thank you again for helping!

I would need measurments and the place you catched her.

Lasius sp.

Are the pictures already gone? I can't see them. Here they are, i did something dumb like always and dragged to a folder and messed up this. http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h65/EchoMeter4/Maybe%20Solenopsis/36843928_253294958782623_2833248341574287360_n_zps4ypyjb2u.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/...

It looks like a parasitic Formica queen. She will need a few Formica pupae and/or some Formica workers, of a non-parasitic species. Are you sure she is? Because if she is and treat her as a Solenopsis she won't be able to grow a colony but if i try to do the parasitic process and she really isn't i...

I do not know if Solenopsis Queens can sting however I would caution you to be extremely careful both when founding this colony and transferring the queen into a setup. Ok thanks for the info. I'm very very aware of this ants sting so i will try to keep that in mind and will transfer her to a test ...

antsofthelowcountry wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:14 pm

This does look a lot like Solenopsis Queen, however, I cannot ID this for sure .8 mm seems a bit small for the fire ant species. Please check to make sure this measurement is right.

Yeah 8mm... huge mistake stating .8mm lol

StormDancer wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:17 pm

Id be willing to bet she's 0.8 cm not mm as stated above, making her about 8mm in length. Proper size for a solenopsis queen.

Holy... i stated 0.8 mm wow i'm a dumbass yeah 8mm sorry. My bad heh

So i recently requested id for a posible ant queen i mean i saw wing scars and everything on her but she's tiny (about 0.8mm) Caught her in Querétaro, Mexico that is located near the center of the country. Took some more pictures :) Also that's a temporary setup she will be just a few hours in http:...

FaranAli wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:21 am

Why...??? i can't wait

That you can't wait wont make them develop faster. Actually if you peek a lot at the queen she may get stressed and even eat her eggs so leave her alone for couple of weeks.

I captured this ant and i want to know if it's a queen and the species. She's aprox. 8 mm long, kinda red-ish and was captured today (9:40am) after a storm last night in Querétaro, México wich is located almost at the center of the country. :) http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h65/EchoMeter4/3685485...