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Haha thank you, I agree

Thank you for your reply Hawkeye :D After doing some research and asking for help on another forum, I found out that they were Aphaenogaster subterranea. Here is another photo of the profile of one of my queens : https://i.postimg.cc/QtsF7wY9/3000px.png What do you think ? Is it Aphaenogaster subter...

Hello dagan87 ! I am not an expert in ant keeping since I just recently caught my first queen ants, but I think you don't have to worry. A queen ant produces eggs frequently, so if by any way she lost her eggs she should start laying other eggs shortly. I think my first Lasius niger queen ate her fi...

Hello everyone ! I keep on searching information on the internet but I cannot find what species these queen ants are. I thought they were Camponotus but they are approximately between 6 and 7mm , which is small for a Camponotus. They were caught on August 8th in the Sud-Vendée, France . Here is my l...

Hi LasiusSapien, thank you for your reply. I checked some photographs of the species Lasius flavus - I didn't find Lasius flava -, and although the size seems to correspond, I have a doubt about her abdomen. My ant queens have a funnel-shaped body before the gastor, contrary to the photos I found. H...

Hello everyone ! I recently acquired a Lasius niger queen ant and she has started to lay eggs... this is wonderful. However, last night ( August 8th ), between 10:30pm and 0am, my mother noticed an important grouping of ants in my garden, in which there were female and male alates, plus dozens of wo...

Thank you guys so much for replying :D I actually found another queen ant near Beauval's zoo, and I think she is the same species. And don't worry, I am too concerned about the well-being of my ants that I am too afraid to disturb them XD Here are some photos of where I keep them ;) https://i.postim...

Hello everyone ! I recently acquired a queen ant found completely by chance in my car - I don't know how she get here... She lost her wings right in front of my amazed eyes, so I quickly captured her into a small box and prepared a test tube, in which she is now resting peacefully into the dark. I w...