Hi guys, Ive recently moved over to Phnom Penh, Cambodia and have already found my new Ant queen on this side of the pond.
She looks to me like a Solenopsis g eminata queen.
I found her on the floor of my local convenience store( how convenient) on Thursday 18/09/14 at 20:00 and it had been raining all day previous to this.
I had to collect her quickly so I purchased a box of tooth picks for a $1 and quickly emptied its contents to give the queen a temporary new home much to the shop assistance bemusement.
Now I realize that I'm incredibly limited with what I can keep this queen inside for a make shift home. I can find no test tubes anywhere in this city and the postal service here is dodgy at the best of times. I can imagine trying to ask the locals on where I may purchase a block of y tong or some plaster of Paris.
Its going to be a challenge for sure but hopefully worth it.
Quick update: The Queen is still laying eggs each day and Ive Captured many more alates from the same convenience store. Strange that their mating flights are so spread out in the same colony
The new Solenopsis geminata queens.