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- Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:36 am
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: My queen ant journal
- Replies: 519
- Views: 266216
Re: My queen ant journal
23 February 2024 I cleaned their outworld because alot of mold had sprung. Alot of ants died so far and i think all the majors are dead. This happens every winter and their population decreases a ton. Well i have some honey in the outworld and water test tube is always there so they don't lack anyt...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:30 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Blue Ant
- Replies: 1
- Views: 736
Re: Blue Ant
Indeed it is the blue ant shown in one of AntsCanada's videos, Polyrhachis cyaniventris.
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:39 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Is she what I think she is?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 966
Re: Is she what I think she is?
Yep, she is indeed a winter ant queen, Prenolepis imparis.
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Ant species?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4136
Re: Ant species?
Second one seems to be Formica.
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:17 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Identification assist required
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17737
Re: Identification assist required
She is Camponotus irritans. Weaver ant queens are way different from them.DrunkSpirit wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:28 pmI only know onedrivr, sorry...
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- Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:14 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Odontomachus brunneus question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9333
Re: Odontomachus brunneus question
The thing with crickets is they can sometimes attack your ants and their brood when they aren't killed immediately so I wouldn't recommend leaving them in the tube unattended for too long. It is safer to use fruit flies if you don't want to patiently wait for them to hunt.
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:28 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Odontomachus brunneus question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9333
Re: Odontomachus brunneus question
No, it's not too early to offer a small outworld, some people even give them an outworld when raising the queen. With Odontomachus , most species tend to ignore big and prekilled items, they tend to accept small live or moving prey. Flightless fruit flies, pinhead crickets and turkestan roaches shou...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:34 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: ID please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 35060
Re: ID please
It's probably L. niger. Not super confident on this but it is the most likely since it's so common.
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: How to take care of semi claustral queen?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 20476
Re: How to take care of semi claustral queen?
UPDATE: She seems to have some problem with her legs. She used to shimmy up the glass in seconds two days ago, but today she seems to be having difficulty in climbing. Also, I moved her to an outworld. I put random pieces of wood inside, but she hasn't tried anything yet. What exactly should her ho...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:17 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: ID please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 35060
Re: ID please
They seem to be some kind of Lasius.