Found a #tetramorium #antqueen, probably #tetramoriumcaespitum with no wings in #lakewoodwa. #antkeeper #antqueens #ants A post shared by Tichomir Dunlop (@tichomirdunlop) on Jul 22, 2017 at 11:29am PDT I found a new Tetramorium Queen today, already deälated! This morning my mother woke me up to tell me that there was substantial evidence of nuptial flights…
Tag: Tetramorium
Queen Check: July 14, 2017
Nothing out of the ordinary. The queen was alive and well, although I still could not tell if there were any larvae yet. I will be gone in Ellensburg for the weekend with the WBA (Washington Butterfly Association) looking for butterflies. 🐛 I have heard that there are a lot of Camponotus in Eastern Washington, so…
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…
Yellow Eggs?
The day after original Tetramorium queen post: I initially planned on checking on the queen tomorrow, but my father had a family emergency and had to take a last-minute flight to England via Reykjavík on Iceland Air, so I wanted to show him her progress before he left. She was alive and eggs were present, which…
My Tetramorium Queen
My Yard Hello, Internet! For a while now I have looked for ant queens to start ant-keeping. Around my house are very many Tetramorium colonies, ranging from brown-black to bright orange-red. Another common species I see is very small and black, with slightly translucent gasters. That species is smaller than the Tetramorium around my house, and in fact…