CzNik2 Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Hey Guys & Gals, Outside of Falconry and Aquariums I also have an interest in Ants. I have yet to get a true colony going but here is one that I think will be perfect. I was at Brandon's house for Mays Meeting and after the meeting was over we were all sitting around his back yard and I noticed her walking around on his Grill Cover. I grabbed her and as a gracious host Brandon got me a specimen cup and we put her in there. I got her in a Large Test tube set up and it was only a day or so after that she started laying eggs. She has laid 11 eggs so far and in the photo she has lots of them hatched and 3 are in cocoons now... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzNik2 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Oh and BTW .. Thank you Brandon, not for the invite to stick around after I wouldn't have been able to find her... Although she was heading for your house and would have started a devastating colony inside your house and would have bore holes in all your wood making their home... and I saved you Countless Dollars in exterminators ... HAHAHAHAHAHA... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefNewby82 Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Wow we wondered what happened to that critter. Covered in chocolate perhaps.... I think there is a big colony somewhere cuz I swear I've seen another one or two of those queens around here since then. Pretty wild, so after they hatch do you make a glass shadow box and put sand in and dump them in or what? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzNik2 Posted June 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Well, I have purchased from AntsCanada.com their Omi-Nest... So once they have enough brood about 20 - 50 workers I will put them in there and it has an "outworld" for them to forage in... That is where you feed them and they explore etc... I ll post pics as they grow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Been Mired Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Fascinating! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent12456 Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 I too have always been fascinated (and entertained) by ants, other insects and spiders all my life. I found a black widow spider when I was a kid in Bedford Indiana. And a brown recluse spider in Noblesville. A Carpenter ant is large ant. 🐜My question is, How did you recognize her as a queen, was she huge in comparison? Be sure and post more pics. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzNik2 Posted June 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Kent12456 said: I too have always been fascinated (and entertained) by ants, other insects and spiders all my life. I found a black widow spider when I was a kid in Bedford Indiana. And a brown recluse spider in Noblesville. A Carpenter ant is large ant. 🐜My question is, How did you recognize her as a queen, was she huge in comparison? Be sure and post more pics. Thanks. I was watching her walk on the grill cover at Brandons... Queens move differently than workers... and her size was HUGE she is 3/4 inch long... But when I caught her on her Thorax is wing scars from where she had wings and broke them off... After mating all queens remove their wings and you can see where they were attached... Very few leave them attached... and YES I will be posting more pics of her on here... Ill put a pic of her against a ruler that I have... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ejsimcox Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 Very cool! Thanks for sharing! My daughters are interested in starting an "ant farm." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzNik2 Posted July 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 There are many days left of the summer to find queens.... Ants Canada has a YouTube Channel that can show you how to find queens and how to test tube them up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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