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Hello all got into ant keeping because my 7 year old loves AntsCanada. Figured I could try and catch a few queens. After they established workers either sell them or release them. Not quite ready for a full on colony. Problem is I think the first queens we caught are Solenopsis invicta. I live in No...

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Hello all, I just caught my first set of queens and I am looking for some help with the species. I don’t have good quality pictures of the queens but I did pick up a male, (from the several dead on the ground). I’m also not sure if I need to warm up the tubes I’m keeping them in. I keep my house at...

Yes, I was hoping to get a species from the male because I was able to find several dead males on the ground the same time I found the queens. I was unable to get a clear image of the queen and don’t want to disturb the test tubes to make another attempt at taking a picture.

Hello all, I just caught my first set of queens and I am looking for some help with the species. I don’t have good quality pictures of the queens but I did pick up a male, (from the several dead on the ground). I’m also not sure if I need to warm up the tubes I’m keeping them in. I keep my house at ...