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[anantdatta]

Just a few days back(5.08.2023)I was sitting on my bed this ant queen came on my bed, wanting to have a ant nest for very long time, i quickly made this make shift test tube setup with a used up perfume bottle and made what i had seen online

 

I am from Chandigarh in India and the queen size is approx 20 mm

 

I don't know much, but am pretty sure it aint a Camponotus ant

 

ps i did redo it's testube to give it a little more water but gave less space to move, like very little pls tell me if that's ok too, also i have kept her in dark at a place without vibrations as instructed on youtube

 

Pls help, would mean a lot to me

 

Thanks 

Regards

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[Manitobant]

Looks like a carebara species of some kind. Mind you that these guys are VERY sensitive so your best bet would be to fill the tube with some soil to let her build a chamber and feel comfortable and then keep her in a dark place with minimal disturbances.

[anantdatta]

Looks like a carebara species of some kind. Mind you that these guys are VERY sensitive so your best bet would be to fill the tube with some soil to let her build a chamber and feel comfortable and then keep her in a dark place with minimal disturbances.

Is it ok to disturb it when i have already kept her in quiet place. Also this will be my first time, is this type of ant ok to be my first

[Mettcollsuss]

Myrmicaria

[anantdatta]

which one carebara or Myrmicaria?

[Virginian_ants]

I think Myrmicaria but I'm not very good at this, when I saw the first pictures I thought Formica but clearly it's not.

[Manitobant]

Myrmicaria

you sure about that? Myrmicaria would be much more compact with the gaster hunched under the body.

[ANTS_KL]

 

Myrmicaria

you sure about that? Myrmicaria would be much more compact with the gaster hunched under the body.

 

It is Myrmicaria. They can move their gasters, you know.