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by Delphie
Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:02 pm
Forum: New Forum Members
Topic: Kamloops BC Canada
Replies: 5
Views: 4013

Re: Kamloops BC Canada

It has been like that for us in the Kootenays as well. I found one queen today, but she is the first since May. I hardly even see any workers, other than the ones stealing my hummingbird nectar out of the feeder. It has been way too dry.
by Delphie
Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:08 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: New Queen ID SE BC
Replies: 6
Views: 3230

New Queen ID SE BC

The queen is 11-12 mm. Found on the sidewalk in a local park.

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by Delphie
Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:18 pm
Forum: The Ant Graveyard
Topic: Why eat the queen???
Replies: 6
Views: 4875

Re: Why eat the queen???

Mine were identified much the same way. Here and here:
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=3253&p=21184#p21184
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=4339&p=27997#p27997

Identifying ants isn't one of my skills either although I can tell the colonies apart while feeding them.
by Delphie
Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:38 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: I have a queen and idk her species
Replies: 3
Views: 1778

Re: I have a queen and idk her species

Please see this post for information
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=292

How to post photos
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=162

Use Imgur direct link.
by Delphie
Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:50 pm
Forum: The Ant Graveyard
Topic: Why eat the queen???
Replies: 6
Views: 4875

Re: Why eat the queen???

I haven't kept a journal, as I wasn't sure how successful this hobby was going to be. Last year I had access to more queens but they all died. Some were infertile and one was a parasitic queen. I can show photos of the most prolific modoc and laevigatus queens. The laevigatus kept her wings. Do you ...
by Delphie
Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:44 pm
Forum: The Ant Graveyard
Topic: Why eat the queen???
Replies: 6
Views: 4875

Re: Why eat the queen???

I have C. modoc and C. laevigatus colonies as well. I find them to be very mellow ants. The colony that ate their queen was Formica sp.
by Delphie
Mon Aug 28, 2017 3:25 pm
Forum: The Ant Graveyard
Topic: Why eat the queen???
Replies: 6
Views: 4875

Why eat the queen???

I caught the queen and several workers in May and kept them in a dirt nest. It wasn't healthy, and I couldn't feed them without causing them a panic attack, so I moved them into a small formicarium. The queen was producing eggs and pupae, the size of the colony doubled. And then, about two days ago,...
by Delphie
Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:28 pm
Forum: The Ant Graveyard
Topic: My poor Camponotus Queen
Replies: 6
Views: 4164

Re: My poor Camponotus Queen

My queens were pretty frantic in the beginning and didn't settle until I gave each one a drop of honey. Then they mellowed out and began laying within a day or two. I'm wondering if they were poorly fed in the nest before their flight. It rained here pretty solidly from March until the middle of May...
by Delphie
Mon Aug 07, 2017 11:34 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Hoping for species ID for GAN
Replies: 6
Views: 3038

Re: Hoping for species ID for GAN

Thank you very, very much!