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Sadly the queen mysteriously died a couple days after my post. I don’t think I got any pictures of it. Luckily I have seen more at a park about a mile from there and I’m planning to go back soon to see if I can find anymore so I get get pictures and ID.

What is the length of the queen? Centimeters or Millimeters work best.

I don’t know about your specific area but this time of year often has ants flying. In Texas we have fire ant nuptial flights now and other unknown ants that I haven’t identified yet.

I’ve been in similar situations before. I have not gotten to a stage with a formicarium but by now I know a lot about test tube set ups :lol: 1st, make sure the queen is warm enough. If she is in a cold room with air conditioning she may not lay eggs. 2nd, it can take anywhere from a few days to a w...

Today I was biking in a local park and saw a queen ant on the ground. Normal I see fire ant queens but this one was bigger with bigger wings. I caught it to ID it but I’m still new to identifying ants. It has a red head and black thorax similar to a fire ants but its head is bigger and more squared ...

How do I set it up? Also they’re in plastic test tubes but I don’t think that will be effected at the heat it will be at.

Just wondering. Did this ever get figured out?

I tried using this mixture once (for a millipede) and had the same experience. I suspect it has to do with the ingredients in the different brands of baby powder. I’m hoping more people will respond with more helpful answers.

I have been keeping A fire ant queen since December. Over the winter we had the heat on and my room stayed warm enough to keep the ants in. Recently I was having trouble because they seemed sluggish so I moved their test-tubes (in a box) outside into the warm humid Texas weather and suddenly they se...

Willwithants, I’m still learning about ant hibernation (Brumation) but at the beginning of last December we were having abnormally warm and humid weather so a lot of plants animals and bugs were out as if it was not winter but the ants definitely seemed sluggish after it got colder.