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by jonathan21700
Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:54 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: The only ants I saw in Maui
Replies: 2
Views: 2137

Re: The only ants I saw in Maui

Anoplolepis gracilipes
by jonathan21700
Fri Feb 12, 2016 3:28 pm
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Need help in identifying if its a queen ant
Replies: 20
Views: 12939

Re: Need help in identifying if its a queen ant

Odontomachus are predatory ants and eat mostly insects in the wild.
She needs protein to lay eggs so feed her only with insects and from time to time you can add a small drop of sugarwater.
by jonathan21700
Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:23 pm
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Need help in identifying if its a queen ant
Replies: 20
Views: 12939

Re: Need help in identifying if its a queen ant

Odontomachus are hard to raise from a single queen. Also queens are semi claustral and come out to forage during the founding stage. The queen should be fed every 2 or 3 days with small insects and it is better to provide her with a small outworld. And they don't do well without substrate so its go...
by jonathan21700
Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:02 pm
Forum: Temporary Placeholder
Topic: A Queen? Melbourne - Australia
Replies: 6
Views: 3568

Re: A Queen? Melbourne - Australia

Camponotus sp. worker.
by jonathan21700
Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:16 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: ID BRAZIL
Replies: 10
Views: 6207

Re: ID BRAZIL

If they are leaf cutters there is a chance they have dropped their fungus pellet and can not start a fungus.
If so you can get a small peace of fungus from a wild colony and give it to them.
From these photos I can't see what species they are but in Brazil you can find other easier to keep species.
by jonathan21700
Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:09 pm
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Feeding Queens
Replies: 7
Views: 3222

Re: Feeding Queens

No need to clean. After she has finished eating just remove the cotton.
by jonathan21700
Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:08 pm
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Feeding Queens
Replies: 7
Views: 3222

Re: Feeding Queens

Posted twice.
by jonathan21700
Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:00 pm
Forum: Temporary Placeholder
Topic: is This an Egg??
Replies: 9
Views: 3907

Re: is This an Egg??

No need to feed her until the first workers.
Good luck!
by jonathan21700
Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:19 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: ID BRAZIL
Replies: 10
Views: 6207

Re: ID BRAZIL

I can't clearly see but maybe some sort of leaf cutter? Maybe Acromyrmex?
And yes they are queens!
by jonathan21700
Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:58 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Need help identifying some queens i caught!
Replies: 7
Views: 4042

Re: Need help identifying some queens i caught!

You might have found her foraging after the nuptial flight at that time she has probably dug a founding chamber and left her fungus pellet there. The only thing you can do is get a small peace of fungus from a mature colony and hopefully she will start caring for it.