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[Ants4fun]

I found this colony inside a rotting tree stump yesterday. They have roughly 100 workers, a few larvae, and a good amount of eggs. The queen is the same size, if not smaller than the largest worker. I am thinking that it may be a parasitic so. Such as A. tennesseensis. They are in one of Crystal's formicariums. So far they like mealworms, and trying to drain my liquid feeder... The queen is looks like a blob of honey! She is the coolest color. The workers have the color on their
Gaster.

Edited by Ants4fun, January 31 2016 - 5:26 PM.

[AntTeen804]

I have the exact same sp and around the same size.Do you know what sp?

[Ants4fun]

I think it is Aphaenogaster tennesseensis. Do you have pics of yours?

[AntTeen804]

I will start a journal soon.

[Myrmicinae]

I think it is Aphaenogaster tennesseensis. Do you have pics of yours?

 

I agree.  That ID seems right.

Edited by Myrmicinae, May 15 2015 - 8:29 PM.

[Ants4fun]

They now have well over a hundred workers, and nearly a hundred pupae. they also have a few males. Odd that they would produce males with such a small colony however...

 

They are now in a custom THA inception chamber. I asked for a water tower inside the nest.

 

[Lamarr]

They are now in a custom THA inception chamber. I asked for a water tower inside the nest.

Are they gathered on top of the water tower?

[Ants4fun]

Yes, they are. It is currently low on water however.

[Ants4fun]

After this colony outgrew their home, I let them go in an area in my yard last fall.