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new to ants-would like any help

Started By electrodynamix , Today, 10:49 AM

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#1 Offline electrodynamix - Posted Today, 10:49 AM

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hello! I'm just starting on my ant journey and i would like to keep a colony. I've read a few articles on obtaining an ant queen and i have been keeping an eye out for nuptial flights. i think i found a few (2) queen ants but i can't be sure if they are queens.assistance?(how do i attach images?) additional info- caught in nighttime, around south india ,9/5/2025, in a parking space. i have provided them with water in cotton,air and nothing else

#2 Offline AntsGodzilla - Posted Today, 11:49 AM

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Upload images by going to postimages.com and copy hotlink for forum.

Edited by AntsGodzilla, Today, 12:46 PM.

I keep: pogonomyrmex rugosus | myrmecocystus depilis | monomorium ergatogyna | Camponotus CA-02 | Pheidole Bicarinata

And many Carnivorous plants such as: Dionea (fly trap), Sarracenia (American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese (Tropical Pitcher plant), Drosera, (sundew) and Pinguicula (Butterwort) (show off your plants here)

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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores it's provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8

#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted Today, 11:53 AM

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An easy way to add photos from a phone is by going to postimages.com. Upload the photo and copy the hotlink for forums, then paste it in your post.

"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#4 Offline Stubyvast - Posted Today, 4:01 PM

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Or, if you're on a desktop/PC, you can simply click "more reply options" below, select "choose file" from the bottom left, find your file, "attach this file", and then "add to post." I've used that function for basically everything.

Currently raising:

Manica invidia (1 queen + ~30 workers)

Lasius niger (single queen + ~200+ workers)

Lasius americanus (2 single queen + brood)

Lasius americanus (1 queen + worker, more on the way!)

Tetramorium immigrans (1 queen + ~1200 workers)

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