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Posted July 26 2016 - 7:01 AM
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Hey everyone, hope you are all doing good! I found her this morning.
Location: King City, California
Area: Found her in a sidewalk next to a playground
Color: Black
Size: She is like 10 mm
Her abdomen is sort of like a triangle at the end.
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Posted July 26 2016 - 7:03 AM
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Crematogaster sp. 
If you've enjoyed using my expertise and identifications, please do not create undue ecological risk by releasing your ants. The environment which we keep our pet insects is alien and oftentimes unsanitary, so ensure that wild populations stay safe by giving your ants the best care you can manage for the rest of their lives, as we must do with any other pet.
Exotic ants are for those who think that vibrant diversity is something you need to pay money to see. It is illegal to transport live ants across state lines.
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Posted July 29 2016 - 12:56 PM
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Crematogaster sp.
Thank you very much!
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Posted October 22 2016 - 5:54 PM
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Posted October 23 2016 - 7:38 AM
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They adore fruit flies and other small insects
Yes, if you want the colony to grow you need to feed them more protein, most insects will do. I thing to do is go to your pet store and buy crickets or mealworms or fruit fly's. Good Luck!
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Posted October 23 2016 - 9:42 AM
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They adore fruit flies and other small insects
Yes, if you want the colony to grow you need to feed them more protein, most insects will do. I thing to do is go to your pet store and buy crickets or mealworms or fruit fly's. Good Luck!
If you do not want to keep purchasing mealworms, crickets, or other insects, you could probably start a mealworm farm or cricket farm. Mealworms are easy to raise, but may lack protein for bigger colonies. Crickets have good supplements of protein, for ants, but maybe a bit more tedious to keep. In some places cockroaches are illegal to keep as a pet, because they are pest, but if you are able Dubai roaches have lots of protein.
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Posted October 26 2016 - 7:31 PM
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Posted October 26 2016 - 7:49 PM
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Thanks everyone I gave them a fly and boy did they devour it!
I keep crickets and mealworms since I have a bearded dragon, tarantula and a praying mantis. But I wasn't sure if they would take them lol.
Right now I see 9 ants and a bunch of eggs. What portion and how often do you recommend feeding them? I'm just afraid that i put something and it rots and kills them since out of all the queens I was able to get this is the only one that made it all the way.
If the colony is still in a test tube I would recommend to not feed the ants a whole mealworm or cricket, but preferably a pre-crushed part such as a leg of a cricket. The ants would still need a source of sugar, like honey, because sugar is for the works, but the larvae need the protein. If your colony has an outworld or inhabits a small formicarium, then feed a pre-crushed insect. If you do not know how much to feed the ants, you should give your colony a cricket or worm one by one, until they lost interest in the food. I would suggest removing the insect a day after or immediately if it was not touch. Please correct me if I am wrong.
A link of certain foods that a species prefers: http://www.formicult...ood-by-species/
I cannot say your species is their, but at least try to check.
Good Luck with your colony. 
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