ANTSTORE World of Ants

[jeoff82]

I was in Dorset during the week so had a look round some woods to see what ants were about. I found a rotten log with a myrmica nest inside and also what looked like a Lasius niger queen in the nest too? I have collected the queen and she seems smaller than a normal Niger queen and quicker. Any ideas what she was doing in that nest? She def wasn't welcome because a myrmica worker attacked her while I was trying to catch her.

[omen]

She may be a new queen looking for a new home but got to close or wonderd in a neighboring nest