Winter Ant Colony – More workers, some Repletes, and more eggs?
Over the last couple of months, my Prenolepis imparis (Winter ant) colony has changed significantly. …
Tetramorium immigrans Colony – More workers & brood
Around two months ago, I posted about this colony of Tetramorium immigrans, aka Pavement ants, …
Camponotus Colony – Nine workers
In May of 2022, I found this Camponotus queen ant. After a couple of months, …
Winter Ants Feeding
One day, after giving my winter ant nanitics several days to harden, I decided to …
Winter Ant Colony!
A few days ago, I looked into my Prenolepis imparis (Winter Ant) nest to see …
Pavement ant colony – 20 workers
A few days ago, I fed my colonies some moist shortbread. As expected, they started …
Quarantined Formica – Two dead nanitics
I recently discovered that the quarantined Formica had lost two of her sixteen nanitics. While …
Tapinoma Eating Mealworm
Today I decide to feed some of my ant colonies some mealworm pieces. After a …
More Lasius colonies
In late July, I caught several Lasius neoniger queens. Most of these queens laid eggs …
Tapinoma Sessile queen with nanitics
Back in May, I found this Tapinoma sessile queen in my yard. A few days …