ANTSTORE World of Ants

[SteveUK28]

i think ive only got lasius in my garden, but im gonna try the sugar water trick on a few lids and see what ants i can get

[mzfckr]

i have myrmica species(about 3), formica species(4 including sanguenia),lasius species(maybe 3) in my garden and probably some other .

[anquietas]

the lid trick is possible i have seen bright orange queens around the areas that i feed outdoor ants the closer to there nest opening the better

[ratgreen]

man you are lucky, i want a colony lol, i have seen a few workers around from this species so hopefully a new species in my garden.

[JimmyVe]

Please you guy's try get stay on topic. (not to much of small talk) Thank you.

[Spore]

Sorry jimm.
Btw, the sugar trick may only work with colonies with multiple queens. For colonies with 1 queen may not take the chance of loosing there queen. Also if you take the queen of a colonie you risk destroying it, for they might not be able to repopulate.

[anquietas]

i tried the lid trick today and alls i got were majors no queens and no workers strange but only majors

[KiamCameron]

Im afraid even if a colony has a lot more queens than one I think there is no way they would still send them out its still risky even if they have a lot of queens they might not want to lose any of there queens

[Spore]

True.
I was just syaing from my own personal experiance, so others might not be so lucky.

Another way of finding ants is to wait till a hot day. Then turn over stones on top of a nest and a queen or two might be soaking up the rays . It sounds simple but it works.

[anquietas]

would that trick work for Tetramorium impurum?