Please help to ID this ant that I caught it in hong kong
Also, it has been more than two weeks but it still havent laying egg. Have I done something wrong or it actually not a queen?
I kept it in the dark for most time and left it alone for some time.
https://youtu.be/8I7px5_4vW0
Hong Kong caught ant need ID
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LasiusSapien
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Re: Hong Kong caught ant need ID
that looks like Polyrhachis dives queen aka weaver ants
1x Lasius Niger - early forging stage - 60-100 workers
1x Messor Barbarus - founding stage - <20 workers
1x Camponotus Turkestanus - claustral stage - 1 nanitic + brood
1x Odontoponera Transversa - semi-claustral stage - no eggs
1x Messor Barbarus - founding stage - <20 workers
1x Camponotus Turkestanus - claustral stage - 1 nanitic + brood
1x Odontoponera Transversa - semi-claustral stage - no eggs
Re: Hong Kong caught ant need ID
Thanks for letting me know.LasiusSapien wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:21 amthat looks like Polyrhachis dives queen aka weaver ants
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FrederickAnt
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Re: Hong Kong caught ant need ID
You got to feed it as it is semi claustral
mines died because I didn't know it was semi claustral
mines died because I didn't know it was semi claustral
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