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so i caught my first queen last week, she is about 7mm red and black with two prominent nodules on the petioles. the id assistance i got from here suggests solenopsis or pheidole (spelling). today i checked on her ans she has torn the cotton into a thin webbing on the floor. and on that there are th...

thank you @madvampy i never would have thought of checking the 'antkeepingand husbandry ' forum section without you saying so. first because so many id requests are here, second because i thought that forum section was going to be mostly educational (yes i realise now the study of taxonomy is defini...

so i have been trying to be a good ant keeper, i have been trying to research how and what.a friend of mine made a suggestion of what. so i began looking. so after looking at alexander wilds photos, and zoom into mine i see mine has a hairy abdomen, and two nodules on its distinguished petioles. thi...

another view


dont worry i fixed the two piece cotton balls by tearing them up and weaving them into a big one.

good heavy rain today, so i decided to take my first ant queen search. not 5 mins in, do i find this Ant... im pretty sure it is a queen, I think it looks like these red and black ants with majors a block away. shown is a transferred millimeter ruler. id guess around 7mm. found today, in Louisiana. ...

ohh, i forgot location. these ants are in Louisiana.

any other info i need to provide?

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/Muslimchristian2/20180726_082932_zpspx7zuu7k.jpg neighboring colony. having trouble identifying. but I am new to identifying. My hope is it is Pavement Ants. my magnifying glass isn't powerful enough. about half the length of a fennel seed or the exact width ...

i see a bunch of different formicariums designed for different species of ants.
how important is it to get the correct formicarium for the correct ant?

if i get a camponotus formicarium, and happen to get a lasius queen, is it really that bad.

or perhaps i hope for lasius, but get tetra...

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thoughts on ID?

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/Muslimchristian2/20180726_082932_zpspx7zuu7k.jpg neighboring colony. having trouble identifying. but I am new to identifying. my magnifying glass isn't powerful enough. about half the length of a fennel seed or width of diamond brand cardboard matches. or mat...