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Batspiderfish wrote: ↑

Fri May 25, 2018 9:16 pm

Aphaenogaster sp.

Aphaenogaster are "fully" claustral -- the ones that aren't social parasites, at least.

Thank you Batspiderfish!!

Ltislander wrote: ↑

Wed May 23, 2018 12:20 pm

I took another look at her and her gahster is bloated and she keeps licking it. Is that good?

Link does not work, but that IS a good sign! I believe cleaning gasters is a sign of recently have been mated!

AntNoob1 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:22 pm

Was this during the nuptial flight in your area? I'm trying to find dates as close to my area as possible.

Hi! Yes, this was during a nuptial flight in the area. Nuptial flight season has started here in the upper hemisphere so get to hunting!

Aceeey wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:28 am

Did she ever tidy up the little ones? Would like an update thanks.

Apologies for a late response, but no, she did not end up tidying up the eggs and I had kept her for another 2 weeks before releasing her

Hey guys! I caught this ant earlier today because I haven't seen one in my area similar to it. It seems to be of a semi-claustral species and I was curious if anyone could identify it so that I could research and have better chances of catching a queen in the near future. Here are some images. The w...

http://www.formiculture.com/topic/3252-much-ado-about-the-founding-of-lasius-temporary-social-parasites/ I actually did a little research on it when I saw your message. I dont yet have a colony of my own so I can't try to start a parasitic one, but it would have been an amazing experience. I releas...

Hey guys :) went on a walk today for a rain two days ago, and I hadnt seen any alates, no trace of either male or female, and just as I was going home after 2 hours, I spotted these guys on the side of the road. Both very large ants. This first one was actually struggling to walk and as you can see,...

Batspiderfish wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 06, 2017 7:48 am

The first queen is a Lasius social parasite queen, probably Lasius murphyi.

Queen two is Pheidole sp.

Queen three is Nylanderia sp.

Wow! Thank you so much batspiderfish!

Hello fellow antkeepers! There was a huge rainstorm yesterday and I decided to look for some ants and MAN! I found so many alates! Male.. ones, that were dead and being harvested as food from already established ant colonies :cry: lol but, with male alates, comes female alates. Surprisingly, I found...

Nj6000 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 02, 2017 7:29 am

It might just be an untidy queen . Give it some time .

Thank you Nj6000, quite worried :/ but hoping for the best