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I've got a Tarheel Talus, which I have my colony of Crematogaster in. They are very small, and I think the lid on the Talus is just off-shape enough that the tiny workers can slip under some areas of the lid and get out. They seem to be able to get over some sections of the Fluon I applied as well, ...

Almost exactly 2 months to go from capture to first nanitics. I caught her on the 26th of june, got her out of the tupperware and into a test tube on the 28th, and she had started laying eggs by the next day. Then, August 21st was when I first noticed that two workers had eclosed. Up to six now, as ...

Sorry to hear that, AntsRlife! Well, it's been a couple of weeks, and I've got some good update photos! Her first nanitics eclosed(I don't know if that's the right term for ants without pupae) while I was away for the weekend, so I've got a couple pics after a few more became active. It's been about...

Some more pictures, two from a week or so ago, and one from the last couple days. https://i.imgur.com/4BLi8NI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/BFl7SQ0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/01C1tn1.jpg In that last one you can get see a pretty good look at larva, in what is probably the stage right before pupa, if I can gu...

Had to look up Physogastric, but yeah. She's been laying a lot more eggs than I kind of expected.

Some update photos, as I learn to get some pretty good shots with my phone. I think I may have scared her a bit when I exposed her to light, even though up till now she's been really chill about me checking up way too frequently. This time she seemed to be tending to a ball of brood when I picked he...

Well guys, I just couldn't wait any longer, so I pulled her out to take a picture. She's got a lovely pile of eggs that she is tending to, looks to be around 10. I snapped a quick picture, and put her back before she could get too stressed, but honestly, I feel like she's been very chill about every...

Just a quick post, but she's already got eggs! Two little white dots, right on the dry end of the test tube! I brought her out, since she's only been in the test tube for a day, to show some house guests. I figured she hadn't been in there for too long yet, so showing her off once before leaving her...

Yeah, Crematogaster for me wasn't even on my radar of ants in Oklahoma, where I am. I had hoped for a Prenolepis Imparis earlier in the year because I heard they do really well indoor in cooler conditions. I was also crossing my fingers really hard and hoping for a miracle to find an Ondontomacus tr...

So, this is my first, and only right now, queen ant. I found her a couple of days ago after having walked around a little while during lunch at work. Having gotten back to my desk, I was answering a phone call when I saw this black dot moving around on my shoulder. So while trying to explain a Unive...