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Camponotus Chromaiodes... It looks just like mine, plus its native in my area, I think you got it. Sweet! Thanks Will.

One of my Queens from #1 has unfortunately died. All is well though, it happens. I have many others of this species and another queen has adopted her eggs. On the bright side it has given me the chance for better photos for identifying it. https://i.imgur.com/7GLsXfRr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/QdB1N2N...

Ah, I see. I tried to get it to work but I must have been doing it wrong. Thanks for showing me, I'll start doing it that way.

Sweet, thanks! That's the one I was the most curious about. I appreciate the help! I think you're right about that one.

So I was walking around the woods looking for queen ants when a large worker ant caught my eye. I noticed she was walking kinda funny and she looked like she was carrying something in her mouth, which is always interesting to see, so I bent down to take a closer look... Here's what I saw: https://im...

She probably ingested pesticide before you caught her. I caught two queens in the same area and both died mysteriously after a few minutes, I later discovered that it was because the area I caught them in was treated with pesticide.

Hello, I have recently captured four ant queens that I would like help identifying. If you know the genus and species, that would be great! If you only know the genus, that still helps me out. If you need better photos let me know and I'll see if I can get them, some of the ants are really tiny and ...

Ah, I see. At first I thought they might be suffocating or something due to the way a couple of them were frantically trying rip through the cotton. Thank you for setting my mind at ease.

Hello, I'm new to ant keeping and I just caught my first queens which I am keeping in a test tube setup. I have been checking on the periodically and recently they are pretty intent on escaping their tubes. They keep tugging at the cotton and trying to squeeze out between the cotton and the tube. Do...