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[Hightlyze]

[Pumpkin_Loves_Ants]

Length? Location? Habitat? Time of day? Weather? Anything to help us identify her easier? If you didn’t know there is a format for ID requests although I am pretty sure somebody told you about it in your last ID request.
1. Location (on a map) of collection:
2. Date of collection:
3. Habitat of collection:
4. Length (from head to gaster):
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture:
6. Distinguishing characteristics:
7. Distinguishing behavior:
8. Nest description:
9. Nuptial flight time and date:

[Hightlyze]

I'll explain tomorrow or later

[Martialis]

Formicidae sp.

[Manitobant]

A queen of the species you found yesterday, technomyrmex difficilis. this species is fully claustral to my knowledge so she won't need feeding in order to start a colony, just leave her in the dark and check up on her every now and again.

[Major]

Title "who dis" with no other information lmao

[Hightlyze]

A queen of the species you found yesterday, technomyrmex difficilis. this species is fully claustral to my knowledge so she won't need feeding in order to start a colony, just leave her in the dark and check up on her every now and again.

But it's smaller than the one I found.
Edit: which one were you referring to?

Edited by Hightlyze, September 19 2019 - 4:08 PM.

[Hightlyze]

Formicidae sp.

Formicidae is the scientific name for ants. I have a feeling this is a joke

[DDD101DDD]

 

Formicidae sp.

Formicidae is the scientific name for ants. I have a feeling this is a joke

 

Well, you did give practically no information, but I think Formicidae sp. is a good guess.

[Hightlyze]

Btw it's wings are off

[Hightlyze]

Found in bedroom
12:36 AM
September 20, 2019
Black
Had wings but fell off
0.4 CM

Edited by Hightlyze, September 19 2019 - 5:32 PM.

[Manitobant]

A queen of the species you found yesterday, technomyrmex difficilis. this species is fully claustral to my knowledge so she won't need feeding in order to start a colony, just leave her in the dark and check up on her every now and again.

But it's smaller than the one I found.
Edit: which one were you referring to?

technomyrmex queens are known to be around the same size and sometimes smaller than the large workers. I was also referring to the one in this post: http://www.formicult...is/#entry127125

And here is a link to a technomyrmex queen side by side with workers (queen is in the first pic on the left): https://termitesanda...ed-ant.html?m=1

Edited by Manitobant, September 19 2019 - 6:21 PM.

[Hightlyze]

Btw polygynous meaning many queens right? How to achieve that?

[Guy_Fieri]

Yes, polygynous colonies have multiple queens. And in captivity, you can make a polygynous colony by adding multiple queens of the same species together. But some species can't form polygynous colonies, so the queens will kill each other until there is only one left.