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The one I have kept since Christmas
(Lepisiota capenensis)

Th others did not have a queen so I released them at the catch site
Carpenter and harvester ants

Hey everyone
I have had loads of success catching wild colonies and none raising a colony from a queen
So I was wandering if u could catch wild colonies, keep them for a week or 2 to make sure they adjust to captivity and have a healthy brood pile? Please reply

Day 15
There are some larvae in mid form entailing they moulted once or twice and I only had cocoons when I caught the colony. There for when the cocoons start piling up and population explodes I will know the egg to worker time

I also think they are fire ants as they swarm in the same manner as Mikey Bustos' fire ants

Queen 4 died
RIP Queen 4

My camera does make photos small and no the last photo was not mine

Now 2 weeks later they are going strong with only 7 casualties and two thirds of the cocoons hatched and there is a steady brood pile of eggs and larvae they drank almost an entire small test tube of water and are eating crushed nuts, disected insects and tons of honey :P once they even started movi...

on Christmas day 2016 I caught a small wild Lepisiota capensis colony with about 150 workers 4 queens and 60-80 cocoons

I finally found the species on this species list of ants for south africa
http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/South_Africa
it is lepisiota capensis

the Queen


a woker of the colony