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I live in Durham NC and was wondering what are some nuptial flights that I can expect during the last month or so of the season. I know that fall isn't the best time to find dealates but any help is greatly appreciated!

I caught these two queens about one month ago in Florida and have yet to be able to identify them. They are small (around a half centimeter) and yellowish. One has a much darker gaster but I believe they're the same species. Any thoughts? Pharaoh ants? Some small carpenter ants (since the brood is t...

Yeah I moved back to college recently so I'm sure the movement of that didn't help her out. Might have happened before then but oh well, still have three queens.

And Firebrick is the same kind of substance where it is soft enough to easily be carved with a screwdriver, etc?

I am keeping three componotus p. queens in their founding stages and recently, I checked in on the. The queen that had previously had the most larva (13!) is now down to only 4 larva. I cannot find the other larva in the test tube. What is the cause of this? Did she eat them? The other two queens ha...

I'm in the southeast of the United States and am looking to make some homemade formicariums for my camponotus and pharaoh ants. I would love to be able to make them out of Ytong/AAC but I can't find anywhere where I can purchase some. Does anyone know where to get some/ a good alternative for it? Th...

Also, I just added two new pictures to the folder of my camponotus queen (I have three of the same species) and would like to know which species this is as well.

I have been keeping three black camponotus ants (not sure what specific species) and they still in the forming stage with their brood mostly still larva with a couple pupae. Recently they have begun pulling at the cotton and it appears that they want to get out. Does this mean they are hungry and I ...

I found two of these ant queens about a week ago on the west coast of Florida and would like to know what species of ant they are. I think they might be pharaoh ants but I am not sure. They are small (maybe 5 mm in length) with a yellowish body and a darker abdomen. Here is a picture: https://photos...

I caught these queens last night in Florida and am wondering what species they are. The small ones are yellowish and I think could be Pharoah ants. The larger ones I’m pretty sure they’re big headed ants since that is what I saw crawling around the place where I believe the nest is. Also I was not s...