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Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:46 pm
by AntsDakota
Ltislander wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:24 pm
AntsDakota wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:21 pm
AntsOfOntario wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:14 am
There isn't an exact size for them but the average species size is about the same as the one you have there. This queen could be Pheidole Pallidula.
Pheidole pallidula is non-existent in North America.
I thought so. But I’ve seen some black Pheidole ants around here in Massachusetts. I have a nest in my backyard and sometimes see the majors.
Pheidole is the most diverse genus on earth with over 2,000 species, so there are probably a lot of black pheidole species.
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 4:48 pm
by Ltislander
Here is a photo of the queen!
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 4:30 am
by Ltislander
They have loads of brood and are eating 5 fruit flies a day! I give them a cap of honey that gets half drinked everyday. Those girls are hungry!
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:01 pm
by Ltislander
They ate their first mosquito! They loved it!! Also some of the nanitics are “riding” the queen around and getting off when they get somewhere else! Also we’re up to 11 workers!!
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 7:03 pm
by Ltislander
This workers head is much larger than other workers!
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 6:32 pm
by AntsDakota
My queen had a large head like that, too.
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 10:49 am
by Ltislander
My parents were clearing out our garden and found a tetramorium ant colony, they said thousands of workers went outside of the nest. They saw some brood and put it in a plastic bag. I’m about to brood boost them with the brood. Also the colony has moved away. I’m about to brood boost them. They took a worker and gave it to me so I looked at it with my macro lens and it had no mites. I also looked at the brood, again no mites. Btw I released the worker.
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 6:30 am
by Ltislander
They didn’t accept the brood. But the queen has a new batch of eggs coming soon!
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:16 pm
by AntsDakota
Ltislander wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 6:30 am
They didn’t accept the brood. But the queen has a new batch of eggs coming soon!
You could have put Tetramorium brood in with a Pheidole colony, or vise versa.
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 1:52 pm
by Ltislander
Peeps on a discord server are saying it’s pheiodel! This is cool!