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Nylanderia ants eating jelly
by NJ Ant FanPosted on December 5, 2021

Nylanderia feeding on jelly

Today I decided to give my largest Nyladeria faisonensis colony some beetle jelly, and they …

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Acorn empire
by NJ Ant FanPosted on November 28, 2021

Acorn empire moving!

On Saturday, I looked into the Acorn Empire’s old test tube, which was quite moldy, …

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Nylanderia nanitic feeding on a mealworm
by NJ Ant FanPosted on November 21, 2021November 21, 2021

Nylanderia Feeding

Today I decided to feed this Nylanderia colony some mealworm because they hadn’t had mealworm …

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Moving a nylanderia ant colony out of a piece of firewood
by NJ Ant FanPosted on November 14, 2021November 14, 2021

Can You safely move an ant colony out of a piece of firewood?

YES! In about 21 days. One day, I decided to check out some firewood pieces …

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Rormica subsericea queen ant with one nanitic
by NJ Ant FanPosted on October 31, 2021October 31, 2021

Formica subsericea colony

One day, I decided to look at this Formica subsericea queen that I have, who …

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Leaf cutter ants cutting a leaf
by NJ Ant FanPosted on October 24, 2021October 24, 2021

Leafcutter Antics

While I was heading home from Vermont, I stopped in at a science museum, the …

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Myrmica nanitic
by NJ Ant FanPosted on October 17, 2021October 24, 2021

Myrmica Colony!

Well, My prediction on when the Myrmica pupa would eclose was correct. I took a …

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Myrmica queen ant with pupa
by NJ Ant FanPosted on October 10, 2021

Myrmica – pupa

I haven’t provided an update on this Myrmica in quite some time, but she is …

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Polygynous ant colony
by NJ Ant FanPosted on October 3, 2021

Polygynous colony!

One day a few months ago, I had a dilemma where I had more Nylanderia …

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Reluctant Lasius neoniger queen ant
by NJ Ant FanPosted on September 26, 2021September 26, 2021

Reluctant Lasius alates

Fairly recently, I observed a Lasius neoniger nuptial flight – except the alates didn’t fly. …

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