Hello everybody. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to have my friend give me what we thought to be Aphaenogaster tennesseensis. He already had two colonies of this species, knew that I was wanting them, and I lived 20 minutes away. Was really a match made in heaven 
. When I got them home, and had moved them out of the log they were nesting in, we quickly realized they were something else. It appears they are Aphaenogaster lamellidens. What a joy! I estimate they have around 80 workers, maybe 100 at most. They're just kinda chugging along. This species doesn't grow very fast.
As you can see they have some queen alates on the way! Exciting. If this colony produces males, I will attempt to mate the queens and see if I can get any colonies out of them. If my colony does not produce any males, I may attempt to mate the queens with Aphaenogaster tennesseensis although I'm not very optimistic this will work.
Edited by Mdrogun, June 23 2019 - 2:07 AM.
