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I got questions on what I think is 'common' M. rubra, dwarf queen variety. How do you recognize so small queens? I tried capturing winged alates earlier, and only got males. Is Camponotus better for beginners than the small Myrmica ants?

An alternative is to look for them, see here: http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Ants_of_New_York_City Even if ppl don't think of ants as urban, they are there. Watch the AntsCanada video on catching queen ants, where Mike walks along paths and tells about what to look for. Personally I will look for Campo...

Nuptial swarms is easy to spot, but I suspect some of the simplest swarms to see here I live, is male-only, Myrmica rubra. What gender of ant which makes nuptial swarms varies a bit, it seems from a Google. I thought I was capturing a few Queens and leaving 1 or 2 males along them, and seems I got m...

I just got dead male alates...
Anyone got any tricks for looking for Myrmica ant Queens, since they seem to have flights now? My error was to assume the big swarm I saw was a mix of both male and female, seems the entire swarm flying and gathered on ground was mostly males.

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Hello I have tried to capture some Queens of dark myrmica who had a flight yesterday, and might have 1 or 2, but have some questions. I need to observe them a bit, feed some sugar water, and see if I actually have queens, might be males... are all Myrmica semi-claustral, or both? how do I know if mi...