Today i found a very large myrmica nest under a massive log and inside the log i was looking for a queen but couldnt find any im going back there today some time any tips on how to find a queen i know they are like the same as the workers but little bit bigger :roll: but it was really hard to tell any other tips?
When you see one you can tell its a queen :P atleast I can lol the queen usually has bigger thorax i think if thats the right word :P
i know but is ther any other way?
Queens are slightly larger than the largest workers, and as Kiam said, their Thorax is significantly larger (thats the large section that the Head and legs join to)
i dont think i found any queens on my treck then i found found them before but its hard to measure them up on durt and bark
thanks
If you don't know for sure it is a queen, just leaf them. When you find a big nest and they have more than 1 queen you can always take a queen and a few workers to start up a colony of your own. But if you are not sure or if the colony only has 1 queen you better leave it there.
yea the colonies were massive but we couldnt find a queen so i left them but we found a baby toad ^_^
well a baby toad is almost a queen ant :P
yea i called it timmy i fed him a fly and he ate it lol his tongue weird \:D/
but i was sooo sad..... :crybaby: