I caught a single purpleblack queen during my desert trip last August. She immediately laid a huge batch of eggs!
![Screenshot_20240318-192152.png](https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/monthly_03_2024/post-6901-0-49701900-1710903321.png)
She then got workers a few weeks later, and a relatively large first gen.
https://youtu.be/4dg...-6hVWPywmQk0PiV
Like most of my ants, the queen has just laid some eggs after winter that have now turned into some small larvae!
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