ANTSTORE World of Ants

[SteveUK28]

Hiya guys,

Just wondered can any of you see any queens in any of the pics i have below??

[highered]

No I can't. In my colony the queen is only slightly bigger but noticeably darker.

[gabranth]

there's a queen in the top pic

[miszt]

Yep theres at least 1 queen in the top pic, but hard to say if theres others in the other pics tho

[mpir]

Sorry, I can't see any, not even on the top picture.

[Skippy]

do you think this one? (open picure and zoom in)

[mpir]

Skippy, you have a very good imagination. The picture is too blury to say if that is a queen. One can only speculate.

[The_Paranoid]

Mmh, I'd say it is a queen. Thorax is clearly bigger than the thorax of workers.

[SteveUK28]

as long as there is at least one queen im happy

[SirJet]

I'm getting some of these soon ^^ How is your colony going?

[damondeionno]

Steve

I really don't think there are any queens in the pics you have provided. They are quite clearly larger in ruginodis. If you had one, you woulnd't even be asking for our opinion. Sorry.

[SteveUK28]

Ive since noticed at least 2 queens.. and they are not that much larger at all. Going very well thanks SirJet, have a nice stack of new eggs now
and cocoons hatching on a daily basis

[damondeionno]

This is rubra, but the species are very similar.

I'm not saying you don't have a queen, just that there doesn't appear to be any in the pics.

[JimmyVe]

It hard to say with these species damondeionno. I also have a colony of Myrmica (rubra), one queen is a bit bigger than the workers but the other 2 queens or just as big as a worker.

[SteveUK28]

i have a colony of rubra aswell and the queens are also a lot harder to spot..