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[prettycode]

Caught this baby walking downtown sidewalks in the city of Bellevue, WA. She's doing amazingly well! No sign of slowing down for the Fall/Winter, at all.

 

Likes sugar (Sunburst Ant Nectar-soaked cotton ball), byFormica Formula 100, some nutty/honey "Ant Bread" I bought off eBay, and most of all—fruit flies!

 

These are small ants. Look at the last two pictures in the series to get some perspective on their size. Test tube is 20 mm diameter/150 mm length. 

 

Short album taken today: http://imgur.com/a/hVF6n

 

Edit: I don't have very steady hands, so it was hard to capture images. If we need a better/clearer shot of her head though, by all means, let me know and I'll get one.

Edited by prettycode, October 4 2015 - 11:55 AM.

[LC3]

Looks like Tetramorium sp. e to me.

[dermy]

Yeah they do look like Tetramorium sp.

 

 

Really cool looking setup you got there too

[AntTeen804]

That is a nice setup.

[prettycode]

Looks like Tetramorium sp. e to me.

 

 

Yeah they do look like Tetramorium sp.

 

 

Really cool looking setup you got there too

 

Thanks guys! When I caught her someone also said she's probably tetramorium, but I thought these pictures were much better--so thought I'd check back in now that she's got workers to show too.

 

That is a nice setup.

 

Thanks! Any time I want to look at the ants in the tube in detail, i just slide translucent red box left--over the water end of the test tube. I can see them pretty well through the red box too, so I hardly ever need to do it. The bottom of the red box and bottom of outworld box have adhesive felt stuck to them so I can slide either without the colony freaking out.

[Mdrogun]

I have Tetramoriun sp. e and I can say without a doubt these are Tetramorium sp. e

[TheAnswerIsTheLogic]

I'm sure that is pavement ants

[Baccus20]

Very cool!!! I like the red box!!!!!!