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thank you.

is there a source of info you would recommend so i dont have to ask questions for every tiny thing.

right now i am immersed in AC, delving into antswiki.com for genus and species specific info, and using the formiculture nuptial flight charts.

does that mean she was likely trying to expand the other colonies in the area? is she fully claustral? (my main sources of info arent telling me ) heres a pic of another colony in the area. https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/p366/Muslimchristian2/20180726_082932_zpsutsvr13x.jpg?width=1920&he...

two weeks ago i was catching lots of solenopsis pretty exclusively. i think these look like multiple species, ill get a new lens in soon to verify. all the rain recently has brought out more ants in the gulf states. yesterday i saw a colony going for nuptials at my work. they are a tiny ant species ...

im based in northern Louisiana, lets get a good thread going for a regional ant info. why these states? its similar in size to another highly successful thread that would border this on to the north(starting KY and parts north). there also seems to be similar weather and ant variety making this a ve...

Note:cowkiller, and velvet red ant are the same thing. a wingless wasp with a bad sting. not an ant.

chok it up to bad naming practices.


(just in case it was not clear, dont want you setting up an expensive formicarium for nought)

finally i caught a "not solenopsis" this morning at 8am i saw this queen checking out my flower pots, as you can see she is full to the brim with eggs, and she got right too it (7 eggs present 9 hours later when i went to take the picture) this leadsme to believe she did not fly today, likely had to...

ohh she dead. i had dumped her on a paper towel, cleaned the jar. ate. then took another 45 minute walk. when i got back she was dry and stretched out on her back, even the whole time after while i was attempting to magnify so i could properly identify. this was also a week ago, so even if after all...

the third queen i collected drowned. so i clean out my collection jars inbetween each time i queen walk. apparently one of the jars had the tiniest amount of water in it, because when i got home, i lined up my queens and my test tubes only to find that one had drowned in a single drop of water. (she...

you still there? i too live in louisiana. my first queen walk was august 1st. i have had great success, but, they all seem to these amateurs eyes to be solenopsis. they look different enough i think i might have invicta, and xyloni at least, possibly more variety still. it is also likely i am just l...

so i have been trying to learn up on my new hobby, learning the basics of taxonomy, but im still new, and i need some help, and or confirmation and or schooling. i think i have all solenopsis here are todays queens (and one male) caught in louisiana in four locations, 5 times. Each tube is a differe...