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by Romonster
Sun Apr 14, 2019 2:42 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Massachussetts Queen Identification Help
Replies: 1
Views: 1124

Massachussetts Queen Identification Help

Caught her walking along the pavement on 4/13/2019. Can someone help provide me an identification for her? Thank you so much.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=10gjZihCmP30HsGxF0XXXMuUapAwkyRsi This is a link to the drive folder with all the photos of this queen
by Romonster
Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:43 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Help Identify queen Masssachuseetts, USA, Ant queen caught on 7/8/2018
Replies: 4
Views: 2247

Re: Help Identify queen Masssachuseetts, USA, Ant queen caught on 7/8/2018

Awesome, thank you for letting me know and for your identification. I will do my best to provide her a good environment to lay her brood. Thank you.
by Romonster
Sun Jul 15, 2018 11:54 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Help Identify queen Masssachuseetts, USA, Ant queen caught on 7/8/2018
Replies: 4
Views: 2247

Re: Help Identify queen Masssachuseetts, USA, Ant queen caught on 7/8/2018

Alright thank you, i have posted even more photos, and when i came back from vacation and checked today, she tore up pieces of the toilet paper on the bottom and has made like a pathway. Anyway, I hope the new photos are more helpful, i also place a dead cut up earwig in her container, which i hope ...
by Romonster
Thu Jul 12, 2018 1:28 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Help Identify queen Masssachuseetts, USA, Ant queen caught on 7/8/2018
Replies: 4
Views: 2247

Help Identify queen Masssachuseetts, USA, Ant queen caught on 7/8/2018

Hey I now have a second queen, she is approximately 10 mm in length, which is one of the most alarming features. Her gastor is is a blackish grey, and the rest of her is more of a red hue. she is very fast, has already laid one egg. Basically, I'm hoping someone can identify this queen, is she claus...
by Romonster
Wed Jul 04, 2018 1:59 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Identifying two queen ants in Massachussetts
Replies: 6
Views: 3533

Re: Identifying two queen ants in Massachussetts

Alright thank you for that, sorry the pictures are not great, my phone was having trouble focusing on them, is this species claustral, semi claustral, polygenous. Just, anything i should know?
by Romonster
Tue Jul 03, 2018 3:38 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Identifying two queen ants in Massachussetts
Replies: 6
Views: 3533

Re: Identifying two queen ants in Massachussetts

yeah, i just checked on the second one and he was dead, but you are sure that they are camponotus ants, cause man that means i'm going to find a way to convince my family that they wont be a problem
by Romonster
Tue Jul 03, 2018 3:23 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Identifying two queen ants in Massachussetts
Replies: 6
Views: 3533

Re: Identifying two queen ants in Massachussetts

okay, so she has laid eggs, I thought the second one was a queen do to the large mesothorax. If they are camponotus, how long until her go from egg to adult?
by Romonster
Tue Jul 03, 2018 3:22 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Help Mold In nanitic Queen setup
Replies: 4
Views: 2449

Re: Help Mold In nanitic Queen setup

Okay so here is the folder with all my photos of my ants. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CPSGOEtyLTGcyKUBeDvaMTjj2x92mFUk The last and latest photos are closeups of the napkins inside the jar the queen is in, and on them you can see small mold spores growing. I would remove the napkins, but when ...
by Romonster
Mon Jul 02, 2018 10:14 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Identifying two queen ants in Massachussetts
Replies: 6
Views: 3533

Identifying two queen ants in Massachussetts

I have caught two ants, both black ,the flash from images makes them seem a bit more red, but they are black, and i have no idea what species they, if they are semi claustral, there needs, etc. Can someone help identify them so i can properly care for them. here are some links I've taken of them and...
by Romonster
Mon Jul 02, 2018 10:05 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Help Mold In nanitic Queen setup
Replies: 4
Views: 2449

Re: Help Mold In nanitic Queen setup

This is a link to the image of the setup https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oUA68znN1OlAlijHjmpYeKnccNVJ9xDo/view?usp=sharing sorry i cant figure out how to post/ share an image, and yes i watched the video, but google drive doesn't appear to have the ability to do what he described, and yes the queen...