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I hope i'm not teaching you how to suck eggs, but this might help...
https://bugguide.net/node/view/50478

... He got here before me

Thank you very much! Yeah, I was really worried as aphids arent all that easy to find here

Sorry to be a pest, but can you maybe get a pic from a better angle without the flash?....
Sorry......

Hi, so I caught my first Camponotus Pennsylvanicus queen on the 27th as it was the first warm day here in Maine---- Still finding males around! BUT- I know that C. Pennsylvanicus farm aphids, but I don't know exactly how I might incorporate them into a later setup, either outworld or natural vivariu...

If your talking about the gel than no it won’t work. They are not suitable for ant colonies to live in. The reason they don’t come with queens/suggest putting queens in there is two fold. 1 the queen will probably not start a colony in one of them and if she does they probably won’t survive. If you...

I really think these would help you alot-
http://antmaps.org/
http://antwiki.org/wiki/Pheidole
http://antwiki.org/wiki/Crematogaster

These will give you alot of info, plus Antmaps.org has a whole list of most of the species in your area!

Happy Anting!

Here in Maine, we had Camponotus Pennsylvanicus flights on may 27th!

First Camponotus Pennsylvannicus flights on may 27th!

Thank you VERY much! I have been trying to ID this for 2 years! As for laying eggs, however, I don't think she will be laying anytime soon as I have her all safe in a test tube for a few weeks now without eggs, I think this is possible due to the fact that the end of her gaster is kind of squished/p...