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Went outside on tuesday, and noticed tetramorium queens walking around. Caught 5 or 6. Havent looked at them yet, but will take, then post pictures when i check to that they are all laying.

Awesome . Thank you for the help.

Unfortunately... I agree .it looks like you have a Camp major , not queen. The queen looks very similar . Except like she has s bulge on her back. Almost as if she wore a backpack .(scale-size)

Awesome. Thank you . When i do sugar water tubes, i find it best to place cotton at very edge of tubing. In theory, not leaving room to move in. I do appreciate the info. I havent kept non clos queens befoe. This species was once identified, by local sources, as a variation of slenopsis invicta. Whi...

Hello. Im not new to ant keeping. However until this year, when i stumbled across the a. c. community while researching an odd behavior from a wild tetramorium colony, i didnt realize there are SO many other ant enthusiasts. When i researched so many years ago. Very little support was offered, in co...

Hey ,first off a warning,lol........ i have only kept fireants one time, and like you attempted to use two queens as i heard they do in the wild . I quickly learned this is not only unnessesary, due to their incredible growth rate. But dangerous as after getting to a notable size and without any cat...

Hello. Im not new to ant keeping. However until this year, when i stumbled across the a. c. community while researching an odd behavior from a wild tetramorium colony, i didnt realize there are SO many other ant enthusiasts. When i researched so many years ago. Very little support was offered, in co...

Hey, im near grand junction . And just caught a camp. Queen near the utah border. Havent see any besides her . But as she has clearly ripped her wings out ( one not so well). It means campenautus has started flying, in parts of colorado!