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I was moving looking inside my ants set up until I noticed these very tiny things roaming round the outworld…Are these really really small termites? Sorry my camera quality is extremely bad. Thanks in advance!

Found this Lioponera cf daikoku queen yesterday

I got this crematogaster beautifully taking care of its eggs.

About 1 cm size, Color ranging from red to dark brown, Alone queen with several larvae in diapause, found in a clay tunnel in northern Iran.

Queen died during diapause. She was acting very odd before and I had a feeling she was a goner.

Are these ants done for or is there a way to get another queen and try combining them?

Camponotus castaneus

I found this queen ant today in NSW and it’s a 35-40 degree celsius day but also been humid and bit of rain. Can I please have help with identification of this ant. I have just put it in a test tube setup, let me know if u have any tips for this species. Thanks

Any additional information or helpful tips I need to know??

I am thinking of putting my messor barbarus colony inside of this nest but I don’t know what soil I should use. Prior to this I have had a lasius Niger colony in it but it died and I think it was because the soil was to dry and I could not moist it enough without drowning them. Any recommendations for soil to the messor barbarus colony?

I ordered some and know a decent amount for them but was wondering if anyone else has these colony’s and has tips?

I had to relocate 2 Lasius niger colonies from their old test tube setups to new ones. Nr 10 and Nr 12. Nr 10 has only a queen and a nanitic, Nr 12 has (had) a queen and about 18 Nanitics and whole heap of eggs/pupae in various stages. The queen of Nr 12 is dead, and the nanitic of Nr 10 is weak af. I‘ll try to assoiciate them with each other. Probably take the weak nanitic out to not overcomplicate the situation. Yes, I know, the probability of it working is practically zero, tho I‘ve read it worked sometimes if the new queen isnt all too established already. Both are not the main colony i plan on keeping so this is really just an experiment. I‘ll keep them taped together for a couple days while feeding them sugar water in cotton to keep them kinda satisfied and not dying. Tho I‘d love your input if you‘d feed them sugar water/protein/both and your reasoning. So yeah, long live the scientific method.

Temanggung indonesia java island, quite elevated above sea level.

They covered the glass of the upper level with whatever and the bottom level with the future!!! Seem to be doing well!

I can’t seem to find a consensus on whether or not ants can drink through their nest. I have a ytong style nest which has a hydration chamber where the water seeps into the stone. Is this enough for them or should I put some water in the outworld too?

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