LARGE (1in) Queen South Texas
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:18 pm
First off please dont hate me, I'm a pest control tech, but I love ants and an fascinated by them and I've been wanting to start a colony, since I basically look for ants for a living. Recently I came across an ant I've never seen before, but just the queen (she had wings when I found her on the side of a house I was treating, which she broke off in the test tube the first night.) But I have no idea what she is...thinking ponera. I see alot of twig ants, thought maybe she was one, but she is huge, like 3-4 times a twig ants size and all black, no red marking like a twig, she has a golden sheen to her as well. Pics below.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzXhWkdRxPufQVdkc25UTlZ2X1U
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzXhWkdRxPufdTRaWTlXOGY1SVE
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzXhWkdRxPufVGF0TGhlMDFsNzQ
...just looking at her Im pretty sure she is semi-claustreal (spelling) so thats why you see some food items in the test tube, she drank some sugar water, but not eating any protein I offer...been about a week and a half and no eggs either...not sure what to think.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzXhWkdRxPufQVdkc25UTlZ2X1U
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzXhWkdRxPufdTRaWTlXOGY1SVE
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzXhWkdRxPufVGF0TGhlMDFsNzQ
...just looking at her Im pretty sure she is semi-claustreal (spelling) so thats why you see some food items in the test tube, she drank some sugar water, but not eating any protein I offer...been about a week and a half and no eggs either...not sure what to think.