Queen ant question

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Batspiderfish
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Re: Queen ant question

Post: # 39298Post Batspiderfish
Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:36 pm

Workers of smaller species will sometimes cling to queens as they take off.
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antsofthelowcountry
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Re: Queen ant question

Post: # 40265Post antsofthelowcountry
Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:17 pm

This can be normal behavior for some small ants as pointed out above. However, you should examine it very carefully to make sure that there are no phoretic mites or bloodsucking mites on this queen. If they even after closer examination still look to be small ants there is probably nothing to worry about. However I would say it is unusual to have a freshly-caught queen with mites
As always, wishing you well on your exciting ant adventure, Ants the Lowcountry.
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