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Started By Kevin , Jul 14 2016 4:57 AM

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#1 Offline Kevin - Posted July 14 2016 - 4:57 AM

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About 13mm, caught in south jersey.

Hasn't layed any eggs, taken out of a colony found in a rotting log.

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#2 Offline Runner12 - Posted July 14 2016 - 5:11 AM

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Looks like Camponotus chromaiodes, but if she is the Queen of an established colony she won't survive without her workers, I would go back and catch as many as you can.

#3 Offline Kevin - Posted July 14 2016 - 5:21 AM

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The thing is I caught her on accident, I was breaking logs for a fire and she was in there with her colony, so I attempted to save her.

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#4 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted July 14 2016 - 5:50 AM

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Even getting just a few of her workers for her would probably be enough.

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#5 Offline Kevin - Posted July 14 2016 - 8:00 AM

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Even getting just a few of her workers for her would probably be enough.

That's gonna be difficult because it happened a while ago, they're pretty much gone now.

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#6 Offline Salmon - Posted July 14 2016 - 2:04 PM

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You should probably feed her then. She doesn't have the reserves of a new queen.
You could also steal some pupae from another colony and hopefully she'll survive until they hatch.

Edited by Salmon, July 14 2016 - 2:06 PM.