Andrew: How long? (12. Jul 2008 23:01)

How usually long does it take for ants to go through egg to adult?

miszt: (12. Jul 2008 23:18)

use the search function, there are at least 4 threads with this info in :)

JimmyVe: (13. Jul 2008 12:01)

Depends on the species but here you can find it from Lasius niger
http://www.antstore.net/viewtopic.php?t=4303&highlight=egg+to+worker

I found it in less than 1 minute with the search engine.

Andrew: (13. Jul 2008 23:05)

Thankx. I keep my young queen in a very dark space, so i can't look at her every day, but on the third day i had her, i found eggs. She is a common black garden ant here. I don't know the exact species. But it depends on happy she is.

JimmyVe: (14. Jul 2008 10:32)

I'm guessing she is a Camponotus species (just a wild guess). Yes leave her on there own a few days until the first workers hatch. Than you can start feeding them.

Andrew: (14. Jul 2008 12:42)

I don't think she is of the Camponotus species because her nest mates are in the soil, and she is somewhat smaller. i don't know, but great guess better then what i would make. I check in on her every three days, and usually during dusk.

miszt: (14. Jul 2008 15:41)

Camponotus vary in size massivly, and they also nest in soil, however I'm in the US it could be any number of 'common black ant' lol

Checkout http://antweb.org and you may find it, try and find out what species you have close to you, then match the names

Andrew: (14. Jul 2008 18:04)

I think it might be a Brachymyrmex patagonicus. i found a picture that is similar on http://www.myrmecos.net

gabranth: (14. Jul 2008 22:30)

you think so you don't know what it is. it doesn't look like this does it? http://www.antstore.net/shop/images/product_images/info_images/598_0.JPG

if it does run

The_Paranoid: (14. Jul 2008 22:39)

He means Brachymyrmex patagonicus and not Myrmecia ;)

Brachymyrmex patagonicus is a very small species .. the queen should be around 4 or 5mm ... workers 1-2mm ...

But the picture of Brachymyrmex patagonicus has some similarities to Lasius.
In Germany we would refer to Lasius as common black garden ant. But in the states you also have some Lasius specie. Maybe you should search the web for some pictures of Lasius queens ...