ANTSTORE World of Ants

[KiamCameron]

My colony has about 17 ants in total and I think I have a major They are still in a test tube and this ant is bigger than the others and a bigger head and I think there is two its not really big its a bit smaller i think than a campontous ligniperda 1st generation worker but it could be a small major ?

[ratgreen]

what species lol? im guessing messor barb. but whatever species well done, im still waiting for my first major from my messor colony, which has about 20 workers

[miszt]

If it has a larger head, it culd be a major, however, 2nd and 3rd generation Camponotus minor workers are significantly 'chunkier' than 1st gen, Majors are even chunkier still

[marc.tulley]

cool i must be quite lucky then , my liniperda came with 6 workers one of which was a major

[mpir]

In this case ... I don't think it has anything to do with luck. C. ligniperda would not have a major after just 6 workers. It probably means that the queen was collected from an adult colony in the wild along with some workers and a major.

[Phasmid]

It probably means that the queen was collected from an adult colony in the wild along with some workers and a major.

Or it was boosted, I tend to boost the ligniperda queens I find cause some times they just don't manage to start the colony.

[JimmyVe]

With European camponotus species it could take up to 100 workers before the first major hatch.