Looking for info on Tapinoma Sessile

[Jharrell23867]

So these little buggers have invaded my home... I cannot get a good enough picture of them for a positive I.D. in the I.D. section but i am all but positive that i have captured several Tapinoma Sessile Queens as they look identical to the pictures i have found... 3mm queens & 2mm workers...

Only info i can find online is that they have a ton of common nicknames like House ant, Stink ant, sugar ant, coconut ant (because of the smell they make when smashed) & that they can have hundreds of queens per colony & that they live in small satellite colonies over a large area & during winter they all fuse into one super colony. They Queens are also short lived, living only 8 months before dying the same as their workers.

Would this colony only last 8 months? The three queens i have, started laying eggs already. Would they make good pets or should i just turn them loose as i am not interested in a ant colony that will die so shortly.

[AntsMclama]

woah woah noo no 8 months? this has to be wrong, All of my ant queens so far.. are Tapinoma Sessile! And i just recently had my 3 queen one evict one of my queens, I put her in a tube with some eggs 2 and 2 workers that were still "friendly" with her. http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2093

i have 5 of Tapinoma Sessile queens, and 2 of them are still a single colony right now. The 2 that are with eachother appear to be "hibernating" so to speak with their 20some workers. So i can't offer much help as a newbie myself

[Batspiderfish]

Tapinoma sessile queens can live at least five years.

[Jharrell23867]

woah woah noo no 8 months? this has to be wrong, All of my ant queens so far.. are Tapinoma Sessile! And i just recently had my 3 queen one evict one of my queens, I put her in a tube with some eggs 2 and 2 workers that were still "friendly" with her. http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2093

i have 5 of Tapinoma Sessile queens, and 2 of them are still a single colony right now. The 2 that are with eachother appear to be "hibernating" so to speak with their 20some workers. So i can't offer much help as a newbie myself

Hmmm my queens are a lot smaller than yours... they are queens tho as they have started laying eggs...

After reading some im not sure what i have as yours will eject queens... the colony i got mine from had so many queens that its just ridiculous to fathom... I literally just scooped ants at random and caught 3 queens & 3 workers with hundreds if not thousands more running about. I would say that 1 in 10 ants was a queen & not just a winged elate waiting for a flight but full on egg laying queens... I thought they were all workers at first until i caught some for observation.

I really need a better camera as i cannot get a good picture of these tiny ants at all...