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As I see it, the most remarkable color of the queen is the grey/silver gaster. The rest is predominantly black, maybe with a little bit of grey somewhere.

Hello together At the 3. of June, around 13:30-14:30 I witnessed a swarm flight in Zurich, Switzerland. I was able to find some queens and finally took two with me. I and a friend identified them as serviformica, but we are unsure what species. My guess is formica cinerea. Can you guys help me with ...

Thank you for your assessment! I released to lasius queen/s (found two more) again, since for my first ant colony I don't see myself with a parasitic queen

Edit: Sadly, the smaller queen (2) did not make it

Hello Friends I'm new to ant keeping and was just roaming around to find some ant queens. I found these two. If you could let me know, what species they are (and if they really are queens :lol: ) that would be great. 1. https://imgur.com/a/I7lpJVi Date: 21. May, 6pm Location: Zurich, Switzerland, ed...

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This is the only picture I have. I'm not sure if you can see enough to get an idea. After some research I think that they are lasius fuliginosus, which would not be fit for a test tube setup, right?

Hi guys Last winter I was introduced to the fascinating world of ant keeping. Now I'm looking for a queen ant. But I don't want to buy any, since I think finding a queen and seeing the first eggs is a really nice part of the hobby. I know about the wheater indications for nuptial flights. Near my wo...