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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2012 21:40:44 GMT 1
My hunt for a Messor Barberus queen is still on but meanwhile im seeing alot of these new Queens around, this one had 1 wing still attached then ditched it 1 hour later, Anyone have any ideas one what species this could be? Note ive redone this post with a smaller pic size, as you could only see pixels, lol Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2012 22:15:58 GMT 1
I have a feeling she may be a Crematogaster queen. I don't know her species I'm sorry. BatSpiderFish is very good at his identification of ants so hopefully he may see this and help you out.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2012 22:32:46 GMT 1
It could be, ive been looking at the Crematogaster ants and they are like some of the ants i seen near my home climing on the big Cork Oak tree, the have read heads and a little bodys with that pointy backside, where i been finding these queens is not too far from this tree too, make sence that they fligh out of the tree and land in the drive way.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2012 22:43:28 GMT 1
this is a pic i found in google after typing Crematogaster ants, its the same one i see in the trees i was saying about, at the moment im keeping her in a test tube to see what happens, but i would never for my set up as it appears they eat the wood and my set up is a wooden frame, lol, + i got my hart set on the Messor Barbarus Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2012 1:44:07 GMT 1
Yeah, I would say Crematogaster scutellaris.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2012 9:24:38 GMT 1
Nice, it good to know the different types, do meany keep this ant?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2012 15:45:58 GMT 1
I think it's possible to keep these ants.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2012 19:38:40 GMT 1
Species from Crematogaster are fully-claustral. I've seen a few captive colonies of this genus, and I got close to raising one of my own. They are relatively easy to keep, but good escape artists.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2012 21:44:40 GMT 1
i would imagine so if they nest in trees, they would eat straight through my set up, lol. I got the queen in a test tube with the cotton wool and water that I've seen so much of, had her there since yesterday but no eggs so far? is that because i keep opening up the box to have a look?
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