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http://imgur.com/quEY2u5 <-- link if the picture doesn't upload

I think that clump by her face might be some eggs, at least I hope they are. that pic was from a week ago and I'm gonna check her again today.

I wanna say Dinoponera quadriceps, but I'm not an expert. But I would say she is a part of the genus Dinoponera. Maybe some close up pictures in the light? The link doesn't work for me.

Based on the weather, I'd say the best might be Wednesday this week in Northern Illinois, since the day before it rains. Or next Saturday, not this week's upcoming Saturday. I'd be on the lookout for False Honeypot/Winter ant queens since they tend to fly first.

AH! no pictures yet, I'll upload later but I recently took a small peek and saw a few little white specks on the tube. I believe She's laid some eggs! hopefully they are fertile and become workers. I'll leave her be for a bit and check in another week or so for developments. I'll post some pictures ...

Small update, My starter kit from the Antscanda website came in a week or so ago. I decided to put her back in the small test tube since it was easier to regulate and that the plastic container was more of a temporary set up until it arrived. So far no brood I can see, but her gaster seems a little ...

Being a person who lives in the northern Illinois area, I too will probably invest some time with this thread. Before winter really settled I managed to snag a Tapinoma Sessile queen, but now I'm not so sure about her fertility but then again it still is kinda cold so she might be waiting till sprin...

http://i.imgur.com/Ab0vJvJ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uGxdMDw.jpg Hopefully this should have the picture work, I'm gonna try the others soon. Side update I got an Ant farm for Christmas, with ants. I was hoping to use it for my colony, but I figured why not test it out with the harvester ants that we a...

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This will be a journal for my first colony that I hope will be a success. I'll post pictures later, this first entry will be just text right now. About a month and a half ago, I was luring bugs to an area to catch some for some spiders I own (Don't worry, I don't feed my colonies to other animals.) ...