Search found 620 matches
- Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:47 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Please ID! Naperville, IL USA
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1998
Re: Please ID! Naperville, IL USA
Camponotus nearcticus.
- Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:36 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Would greatly appreciate help identifying this queen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3068
Re: Would greatly appreciate help identifying this queen
What's her size in mm?
- Fri Jun 07, 2019 11:55 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Caught a Formica Fusca colony, what next?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1896
Re: Caught a Formica Fusca colony, what next?
I was digging around for extremely young Formica Fusca colonies (because queen alates fly and hibernate in the fall and hibernate over winter before begining their colonies in the spring). I captured a queen, 7 workers, and about 15 brood (10 were larva, 5 were pupa by my count). They are currently...
- Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:16 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Is this even a Queen - and if so what kind?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5328
Re: Is this even a Queen - and if so what kind?
If you're a beginner I recommend that you release her as they are not a starter species. But if you're up for the challenge I suggest you keep her. To start you will need some host Lasius pupae (about 10-20 will do) and at least one callow Lasius worker (so the worker can open up the maturing pupae ...
- Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:07 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Is this even a Queen - and if so what kind?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5328
Re: Is this even a Queen - and if so what kind?
Missed the fact that she was 9mm, this is Lasius interjectus.
- Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:29 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: 2 Queens caught 6-1, Upstate NY, Usa.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2030
Re: 2 Queens caught 6-1, Upstate NY, Usa.
Camponotus pennsylvanicus. Also, check your measurements as 31 mm is way too big for any ant in North America.
- Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:22 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Is this even a Queen - and if so what kind?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5328
Re: Is this even a Queen - and if so what kind?
If you think you can handle her, I would keep her.
- Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:21 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Is this even a Queen - and if so what kind (Part II)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2647
- Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:45 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Is this even a Queen - and if so what kind?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5328
Re: Is this even a Queen - and if so what kind?
It's easiest to iD parasitic Formica when workers arrive.
- Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:29 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Weird growth on ant head
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5054
Re: Weird growth on ant head
Looks like some fungus to me (try googling pandora formicae) If I remember correctly, pandora sp. are transmitted through aphids. Unless you have aphids, or plants that have come in contact with aphids in your setup, or have even been feeding your ants predators that eat aphids (ex. ladybug nymphs)...