I have founded the Antkeeping project and the Ants of North America project on iNaturalist. Both projects are for quite different purposes: Antkeeping is for recording your colonies and queens, nuptial flights, and alates. What it is not for is for generic ant observations. Ants of North America is for any type of ant observation in North…
Category: Clarification
Queen Check: July 10, 2017
Nothing out of the ordinary. More clumps of yellow eggs, the queen is actively moving them around the crater in the cotton. There was also possibly a spot of mold visible, but it was hard to tell, and besides, at that point it was very small. It was quite incredible how the pile of yellow eggs…
Update: Yellow Eggs
On my post Yellow Eggs, I mentioned that I was worried that may be infertile because of the yellow eggs. As usual, I’m wrong. 😅 loyzn from iNaturalist said: No not a problem at all. They can vary in color. And they have different colors depending on their age. Phew! That’s good news! I will be updating…
Genus Sedum “Stonecrop”
On my post yesterday My Tetramorium Queen I was remarking about the little black ants in my yard, which I thought may be Lasius, and mentioned “yellow sprawling succulents,” which I did not know the name of: Now I see them collecting the nectar from the yellow sprawling succulents – of course, that isn’t what they are called, but…