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by snakemanvet
Wed Aug 03, 2016 11:00 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: colony moving
Replies: 20
Views: 10651

Re: colony moving

I was watching a colony moving,and this one worker was carrying what looks like to be a queen.I caught the worker and queen and several others with larva and placed them in a 2.5 gallon aquarium until I get home and place them in the tar heels phalanx.All the ants placed the larva around what looks ...
by snakemanvet
Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:42 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: colony moving
Replies: 20
Views: 10651

colony moving

When a colony moves from one place to another does a worker carry the queen.
by snakemanvet
Tue Jul 26, 2016 7:17 am
Forum: New Forum Members
Topic: Hello from south-east Wisconsin!
Replies: 2
Views: 1855

Re: Hello from south-east Wisconsin!

Welcome Jasmine
by snakemanvet
Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:16 pm
Forum: New Forum Members
Topic: Hello from Glasgow
Replies: 5
Views: 3270

Re: Hello from Glasgow

Welcome,what species do you have.
by snakemanvet
Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:25 pm
Forum: New Forum Members
Topic: Hi to everyone, from Italy
Replies: 3
Views: 2347

Re: Hi to everyone, from Italy

Welcome to the forums.
by snakemanvet
Mon Jun 20, 2016 10:36 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Help with ant I'd
Replies: 2
Views: 1443

Re: Help with ant I'd

ok Thanks
by snakemanvet
Fri Jun 17, 2016 7:38 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Help with ant I'd
Replies: 2
Views: 1443

Help with ant I'd

I got a small colony of ants,Queen and about 8 workers.The queen is about 5.5 mm and workers are about 2.5.They have redish head and thorax,with the Gastro is black.The workers when they feel threatened turn their Gastro towards the threat.Seems they are spraying from their Gastro.I found th Em unde...
by snakemanvet
Tue Jun 14, 2016 7:12 am
Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
Topic: solenopsis invicta flew
Replies: 6
Views: 3172

Re: solenopsis invicta flew

I have a large black carpenter ant colony living in the ground on a fence row in my back yard.They might have already done their nuptial flight already.So I go out everyday looking for any males or females around the entrance to their home.I give them sugar water every three days and they drink it a...
by snakemanvet
Sun Jun 05, 2016 6:51 am
Forum: New Forum Members
Topic: Hello From Arizona
Replies: 15
Views: 13196

Re: Hello From Arizona

Cow killers is solitary wasp.Thats why they have such a bad sting.Never want two females in the same container.
by snakemanvet
Sat Jun 04, 2016 1:26 pm
Forum: New Forum Members
Topic: Hello From Arizona
Replies: 15
Views: 13196

Re: Hello From Arizona

I seen a cow killer yesterday in my yard,I have thought about keeping one,I have never seen a male yet.