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Oh and I live in Southern California and it’s our common fire ant. Maybe I have the species wrong? Help there aprox 1/4-3/8 inch and hurt a lot when stung by them.

I found a queen a 12 days ago. She laid three eggs then a couple more a few days later. Then she started pulling on the exit side of the cotton quit a bit like she wanted out. I then found a small cricket, pre killed it and gave it to her in her test tube. She immediately started munching on it. She...