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[Itswolfcity811]

I found this queen about 3 months ago and I identified it as a Monomorium minimum, and she has laid eggs but they still haven't hatched. I found her on my back with another one that looked like it could have been a male but better safe than sorry so I put it with the queen and the queen decapitated it.

Date of collection:  9/1/2024

I found it on concrete before losing where it was then I felt movement on my back and their it was.

Around 5mm but it was through a test tube so take it with a grain of salt.

It is completely black.

 

 

This is all the info I give right now. But if I'm right and it is Monomorium minimum then how do I make the eggs hatch? I think it might be too cold so I bought a heating cable from antscanada.com but can someone confirm that my house won't burn down from it running while not home?

 

Any help is apricated.

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[AntsGodzilla]

Looks like monomorium sp, but the pictures are too blurry to ID it any farther.

 

 

Edit: I have kept heating cables on for weeks at a time, and nothing has happened, although you should keep the cable at the end of the tube to keep it from flooding.

Edited by AntsGodzilla, November 18 2024 - 5:59 PM.

[Itswolfcity811]

Looks like monomorium sp, but the pictures are too blurry to id it any farther.

 

 

Edit: I have kept heating cables on for weeks at a time, and nothing has happened, although you should keep the cable at the end of the tube to keep it from flooding.

Thanks, also what do you mean by a monomorium sp?

[ANTdrew]

We can only identify this to genus level. It is not possible to narrow it down to species with your photos. The eggs should’ve hatched long ago. She must need much more warmth.

[Itswolfcity811]

I went to hook up the heating tube to it but I noticed that I think it passed away sadly. This was the first ant I found that wasn’t a fire ant. Time to start looking again.