Another! My queen ant journal

[SYUTEO]

She could be Pheidole nodus, Tetramorium of the tropics are semi-claustral and are often quite small. Here's some pictures of my late Tetramorium colony and a T. bicarinatum queen for comparison. The test tubes are 1.5 cm wide.
https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_2070/gallery_6038_2070_23056.jpeg
https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_2070/gallery_6038_2070_5993.jpeg
https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_2070/gallery_6038_2070_16361.jpeg

[antperson24]

She could be Pheidole nodus, Tetramorium of the tropics are semi-claustral and are often quite small. Here's some pictures of my late Tetramorium colony and a T. bicarinatum queen for comparison. The test tubes are 1.5 cm wide.
https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_2070/gallery_6038_2070_23056.jpeg
https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_2070/gallery_6038_2070_5993.jpeg
https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_2070/gallery_6038_2070_16361.jpeg

Oh my, I never knew Tetramorium could be so small.

[Antloverhuman]

2 July 2023
https://photos.app.goo.gl/CBjUEhHE2TX81MNM7
Your long awaited photos. I fed them honey and fruit jam mixed together. Only one worker can to eat and feed the rest but after sometime the queen herself came to eat. I didn't let her eat too much because last time when i fed the p. parva a termite alate, they just wouldn't eat anything else for weeks cuz they were full. I don't want this to happen with them
Also workers are like 2mm small, similar red colour on the head and thorax but black gaster (just like the queen. I felt like mentioning this because ij previous photos the queen looks entirely black when she isn't)

[antperson24]

2 July 2023
https://photos.app.goo.gl/CBjUEhHE2TX81MNM7
Your long awaited photos. I fed them honey and fruit jam mixed together. Only one worker can to eat and feed the rest but after sometime the queen herself came to eat. I didn't let her eat too much because last time when i fed the p. parva a termite alate, they just wouldn't eat anything else for weeks cuz they were full. I don't want this to happen with them
Also workers are like 2mm small, similar red colour on the head and thorax but black gaster (just like the queen. I felt like mentioning this because ij previous photos the queen looks entirely black when she isn't)

Well, It looks like JaydenScheepers was right; definitely Pheidole.

[Antloverhuman]

Well pheidoli nodus does look pretty similar so imma go with that.
Now its gonna be difficult as i cant put them in cement nest. I think ill do plaster nest as it'll also be easier to see them on the white bg
also school started so im busy now

[SYUTEO]

Well pheidoli nodus does look pretty similar so imma go with that.
Now its gonna be difficult as i cant put them in cement nest. I think ill do plaster nest as it'll also be easier to see them on the white bg
also school started so im busy now

Be careful that they don't chew their way out.

[antperson24]

Well pheidoli nodus does look pretty similar so imma go with that.
Now its gonna be difficult as i cant put them in cement nest. I think ill do plaster nest as it'll also be easier to see them on the white bg
also school started so im busy now

Be careful that they don't chew their way out.

I use plaster all the time, as long as you use the right mixture (1 part water to 2 parts plaster) the only thing I would worry about escaping is Camponotus or those large tropical species that I don't remember names of.

[Antloverhuman]

Well pheidoli nodus does look pretty similar so imma go with that.
Now its gonna be difficult as i cant put them in cement nest. I think ill do plaster nest as it'll also be easier to see them on the white bg
also school started so im busy now

Be careful that they don't chew their way out.

I think i will make something similar to what D colony made in the clear plastic cups. If i get a clear plastic bottle, i can cut some of it and fill it with plaster and make a nest out of it

[Antloverhuman]

10 July 2023
Fed them a part of termite alate which they ate nicely. Their water cotton is getting moldy and water is running low so i will have to change their test tube soon. Also any idea on what barrier i should use and how fast do they grow?

[antperson24]

10 July 2023
Fed them a part of termite alate which they ate nicely. Their water cotton is getting moldy and water is running low so i will have to change their test tube soon. Also any idea on what barrier i should use and how fast do they grow?

At least for the species in north America it takes about 3-4 weeks egg to worker, and baby powder works fine.