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I'd also say she is C. novaeboracensis. Camponotus ants are my personal favorite, I wish I could find some that weren't solid black. I've never once seen a different colored carpenter ant here in Ohio. :x I know they exist, but they're rare around me apparently. Be careful around the queen and her e...

Brachymyrmex Depilis.... Maybe..


Literally just caught a colony last night when looking for mosses for a terrarium

Camponotus require less humidity than most other species, I'd guess their brood need it more than anything. For queen 1, you could try wetting some cotton and placing it by her in the outworld and see if she moves towards it, away from it, or maybe even rests on it. It could give some clues to what ...

Tetramorium often enjoy a substrate. If you sterilized some dirt by baking or boiling and then added a little into the first few chambers, they would probably move in sooner.

Put the test tube into the outworld once you have 15-20 workers. Eventually they will find the hybrid nest and will either choose to move in immediately or they will wait until they feel the test tube is too small. Or put in into the outworld now and plug the entrances with cotton, remove the cotton...

If they have workers, they should have an outworld. If their nest is small (test tube or something similar in size) you can put it into a larger container, maybe tupperware, and use a barrier to stop them from climbing out. I use the AntsCanada test tube portal for most founding colonies. It's best ...

I'd guess Pheidole Sp. as well.

Maybe Pheidole dentigula?

I'd guess Lasius Sp. not sure which. Looks a little like Lasius Niger with her a lot in her gaster.

I'd wait for more replies.

I don't know what they are for sure but looks a little like Pogonomyrmex, which are also semi-claustral, meaning the queen will scavenge like a worker in the founding of its colony. Semi-claustral queens tend to looks like a cross between a worker and a queen. I don't know if she'd keep scavenging o...

I also am not in favor of disturbing an established nest, the only way I'd consider it is when it's a very small colony. A few workers and brood only. If you don't already, check under lots of rocks. You'll probably most often find some wood louse, centipedes, millipedes and worms but sometimes ther...