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[Dnail]

so this morning i feed my Polyrhachis bicolor queen, after i close the test tube with cotton she secrete some kind of brown fluid from her abdomen. is it dung?

 

this is some photo

 

[Scrixx]

Quick google search told me that these are a formic acid spraying genus. She sprayed formic acid on the cotton when she was disturbed. It's self defense. 

[123LordOfAnts123]

It’s poop. Formic acid is clear and produced in relatively small amounts.

All ants poop, and some species are much, much messier than others. Queens of most tend to produce larger amounts of excrement, often infrequently. White, black, yellow, and brown are common colors.

[Scrixx]

It’s poop. Formic acid is clear and produced in relatively small amounts.

All ants poop, and some species are much, much messier than others. Queens of most tend to produce larger amounts of excrement, often infrequently. White, black, yellow, and brown are common colors.

I see thanks, my queens so far have only pooped in white smears/streaks so I have no experience with other colors. Plus I've never had a formic acid spraying species.

[Dnail]

I'm sure its not formic acid because i already see it when i messed up feed my queen with half death mosquito.

 

so its really poop. the other have black tinny poop not liquid like this one

 

my dirties queen is Odontoponera queen

this is her test tube after a month

water become yellowish