Need help identifying queen ant

[queenantkeeper]

Hi please help me


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-NB64-jz9iPd7suopoJi36n9uRIqum9p/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-NcQHHTSfBiIC_DuLRF3k69uWoaA8NQR/view?usp=sharing

[SolenopsisKeeper]

Hi please help me


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-NB64-jz9iPd7suopoJi36n9uRIqum9p/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-NcQHHTSfBiIC_DuLRF3k69uWoaA8NQR/view?usp=sharing

How big is she?

[SYUTEO]

Lasius latipes, she is a parasitic species.

[queenantkeeper]

HI thank you for telling me what species. But what dose parasitic mean.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

HI thank you for telling me what species. But what dose parasitic mean.

It means she needs “host” worker ant to start a colony. That is a really cool queen though. Never seen any ants have legs like that, but I have seen a few bees.

You can introduce workers and brood for best results. I recommend finding a Lasius colony somewhere and getting 10-20 workers, then, introduce them one at a time to your queen. She should kill the first one or two(to gain nest scent), but then she should start accepting them. In the wild she goes and finds a decently sized colony and assassinates the queen

[queenantkeeper]

Hi dose it have to be a lasius species. Can I do another ant species?

[SYUTEO]

Hi dose it have to be a lasius species. Can I do another ant species?

No, it must be either Lasius americanus, Lasius crypticus, Lasius interjectus (also a parasitic species) or Lasius neoniger.