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Batspiderfish, thank you so much for giving me those names to research! Looking at the images of them both on BugGuide, I think I have a pair of C. semitestaceus queens. Mine have the right coloration and variation, and a sort of dark spot at the end of the gaster rather than a stripiness to the gas...

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Quite blurry ^^ But it did work at least with the picture You're certainly right! But you can see her size and why I think there are eggs. Thank you so much for reading and responding from Luxembourg! A delicate paintbrush can be helpful for moving eggs and brood. This is perfect! I even have a pai...

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So last weekend I captured a pair of queen ants. They're about a centimeter in length and they were captured last weekend in Oracle Arizona, a few days after the remains of Hurricane bud passed over. I recognize the species as I have seen them around and they have super majors that look just like th...