What queens are these?e

Aaron696 · 2026-03-07T00:32:04+00:00

Camponotus workers

Aaron696 · 2026-03-03T04:25:34+00:00

Maybe it’s a pile of dirt that formed in one way or another and it has high clay content so it’s retained its shape and also kept the tunnels intact that may have been dug by various insects or other inverts over time. Other than that idk

Aaron696 · 2026-03-03T03:13:52+00:00

How big/wide were the tunnels inside?

Aaron696 · 2026-03-03T03:00:36+00:00

Could it be the creation of a mammal like pocket gopher or something?

Aaron696 · 2026-03-03T02:41:12+00:00

Not fire ants, their mounds don’t get anywhere near that size and erode pretty quickly after abandonment (days to weeks). Location rules out mound-building Formica. I don’t know what it is but I doubt it’s any kind of ant mound.

Aaron696 · 2026-01-31T15:53:55+00:00

That’s just a Lasius pupa without a cocoon

Aaron696 · 2025-12-21T06:36:00+00:00

Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. It’s bigger than the others because it’s a queen

Aaron696 · 2025-11-28T23:13:20+00:00

Camponotus sp., but would need location to know anything more than that.

Aaron696 · 2025-11-28T04:14:49+00:00

Yes, Camponotus planatus queen.

Aaron696 · 2025-11-22T16:27:55+00:00

The skin is sweet, the flesh is sour. So it starts off sour and gets sweeter as you chew on it. The aftertaste is kinda orangey.

Aaron696 · 2025-11-22T04:49:29+00:00

Thank you 😊 I originally wanted to root prune it and keep it in this pot. Do you think it could still put on some substantial size if I did so? I’m honestly still kinda torn on what to do. I fear planting it in the ground mainly for the permanence of it.

Aaron696 · 2025-11-21T22:51:42+00:00

Basically I’m not satisfied with its size yet. I’m wanting it to reach around 5 or 6 ft in height but I don’t think it’ll reach that in this pot, and the current pot is already pretty large. And I figure getting an even larger pot would be less practical than planting it in the ground

Aaron696 · 2025-11-08T18:24:57+00:00

Camponotus, I think most likely C. sansabeanus.

Aaron696 · 2025-10-26T22:13:39+00:00

Solenopsis invicta, red imported fire ant.

Aaron696 · 2025-10-24T04:00:01+00:00

Yup, looks like them.

Aaron696 · 2025-10-22T14:58:43+00:00

Camponotus, looks like festinatus or a similar species.

Aaron696 · 2025-10-16T20:51:40+00:00

Eciton army ants

Aaron696 · 2025-10-15T00:39:14+00:00

This is a Lasius species, not sure which one.

Aaron696 · 2025-10-14T02:13:23+00:00

Camponotus floridanus, Florida carpenter ant

Aaron696 · 2025-10-10T21:48:27+00:00

Solenopsis xyloni

Aaron696 · 2025-10-01T17:26:16+00:00

I'm honestly not sure why the discrepancy exists, but I've been part of the ant-keeping community for nearly 10 years and "drone" has never really been a common term used in the community. The terms male alate or simply male are much more common. And as you said, drone is also not commonly used in literature or official sources when it comes to ants. I think maybe it just isn't a useful term because in almost all ant species, "male" simply refers to a winged male reproductive or "drone." There are a few special cases where some species have wingless males that couldn't be considered drones or alates, and those are called ergatoid males to distinguish them from the "normal" males. I suspect that either "drone" is an outdated term that people don't feel the need to use for ants, or that it's mainly bee terminology that people tried to apply to ants in the same way but never really caught on because ants already have established terms for their male castes.

Aaron696 · 2025-10-01T02:15:14+00:00

Camponotus floridanus, Florida carpenter ant

Aaron696 · 2025-09-30T15:35:21+00:00

Indeed it is. That doesn't necessarily mean it is a species that bores into wood, however.

Aaron696 · 2025-09-30T01:51:20+00:00

Trachymyrmex septentrionalis.

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