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Started By Kikiyai , Apr 1 2017 10:40 AM

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#1 Offline Kikiyai - Posted April 1 2017 - 10:40 AM

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1. My Backyard

2. 3/29/17

3. On the concrete, where the grass meets the concrete.

4. 6mm

5. Black

6. On her gaster, there seems like there is a shiny ring around it.

7. Seems like there is only one antenna.

8. No nest.

9. 

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Thanks! Sorry that the image is blurry, I shot it with my IPhone.


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#2 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted April 1 2017 - 11:37 AM

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I can't really be sure from these photos. Looks like something from Dolichoderinae (i.e. Forelius, Dorymyrmex, or Linepithema humile).


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#3 Offline Kikiyai - Posted April 1 2017 - 10:03 PM

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I can't really be sure from these photos. Looks like something from Dolichoderinae (i.e. Forelius, Dorymyrmex, or Linepithema humile).

So, do you think it is a queen? I am kind of new to this.


#4 Offline Antking117 - Posted April 1 2017 - 10:05 PM

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Side view picture? does it have wing scars? It kind of looks like it, but I'm not sure.


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#5 Offline Leo - Posted April 1 2017 - 11:25 PM

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I can't really be sure from these photos. Looks like something from Dolichoderinae (i.e. Forelius, Dorymyrmex, or Linepithema humile).

So, do you think it is a queen? I am kind of new to this.

 

by the looks pf it yess


#6 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted April 2 2017 - 6:33 AM

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Definitely a queen. I would go with Linepithema humile

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#7 Offline Kikiyai - Posted April 2 2017 - 12:43 PM

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I think that this queen is from a just starting colony, and I did not grab workers from it :( . Will it lay eggs without her workers and do I need to feed her? Thanks.

#8 Offline thosaka - Posted April 2 2017 - 12:46 PM

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I think that this queen is from a just starting colony, and I did not grab workers from it :( . Will it lay eggs without her workers and do I need to feed her? Thanks.

Yeah. It should lay eggs even without workers. She will take care of her first few eggs until they are born, then the born workers will take care of the rest of her eggs she lays the rest of her life.


#9 Offline Californian Anter - Posted April 2 2017 - 1:00 PM

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If that truly is an Argentine ant queen, go outside and catch 10-20 workers for her. Argentine ants do not spread the way most ants do; instead, they often "bud" off from the original colony. A few queens and some workers will leave the main nest and create a new one. You can catch any workers because Argentine ants form supercolonies. 


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#10 Offline Kikiyai - Posted April 2 2017 - 1:01 PM

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Alright I will see about that. Also, do I need to feed her, what kind of food?

Edit: It seems that the queen has laid eggs, but this is my first queen so I am not sure. And I think she laid eggs also in the cotton plug. Do I feed her, or wait till workers show up, As this is a queen ant from an existing colony.

Thanks for all the information!


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#11 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted April 2 2017 - 5:36 PM

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Argentine ants will need like 1000 queens and 10,000 workers to be truly spectacular.


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