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- Wed Feb 28, 2018 5:50 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Moving my ants after using the fridge to chill them(switching their test tube to a new ac test tube portal)
- Replies: 6
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Re: Moving my ants after using the fridge to chill them(switching their test tube to a new ac test tube portal)
I found my queen in Mccall Idaho, where it is constantly below freezing and it is common to reach below 0 degrees F. How long should I leave them in the fridge for? 1 minute?
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:19 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Moving my ants after using the fridge to chill them(switching their test tube to a new ac test tube portal)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5536
Moving my ants after using the fridge to chill them(switching their test tube to a new ac test tube portal)
My small colony of Camponotus Pensylvanicus(currently consists of queen, three workers, two pauli, and several larvi and eggs) is currently housed in an ac test tube portal with two test tubes for nesting. The bottom surface of the test tube portal has become covered with honey and is beginning to m...
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 12:36 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Need help with ID of queen ants
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6399
Re: Need help with ID of queen ants
Thanks for the help everyone, ive found out that my queen is camponotus pennsylvanicus!
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 2:45 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Need help with ID of queen ants
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6399
Re: Need help with ID of queen ants
Here are some more pictures of the queen.
The most noticeable feature to me is that she has three yellowish colored rings on her abdomen, the first worker also just enclosed seconds after I took this picture and also has the rings
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 9:10 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Need help with ID of queen ants
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6399
Re: Need help with ID of queen ants
Can anyone give me the exact species? I knew that it was camponotus I just need the subspecies.
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 1:40 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Need help with ID of queen ants
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6399
Re: Need help with ID of queen ants
Here is the image from Imgur
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 9:03 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Need help with ID of queen ants
- Replies: 12
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Need help with ID of queen ants
Can someone please help me get an ID on what species this is? The queens length is 16mm, she was caught in McCall Idaho on Memorial Day weekend, thanks for the help!