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Anonymous
I found this beauty in a woodpile in my backyard. Pretty big, my guess is carpenter ant queen. You want more?
>> Anonymous
You got yourself an awesome Camponotus queen, don't know which family though.
>> Anonymous
Take care of it and you'll have an awesome colony. Camponotus are really cool because of their size, easy to observe.
They take a lot of time to breed though.
>> Anonymous
rucky! I saw a thread in the archive about a guy who started his own legion of ants. He only got to 5 though. (his queen was lazy)
>> Anonymous
>>263856

Yeah, Camponotus is awesome to observe, but they are slower then slowpoke when it comes to increasing in size.
I have 3 different Camponotus species, all 1 year old and they all have about 20 workers, in comparison, my Lasius niger colony is 1 year old and has 200 workers.
>> Anonymous
>>263857

You just made me think about a new project I got.

This summer, when Lasius niger queen will be all around, I'll catch the maximum I could take care of.
Something like 40.

They will be each in their test tube, and I will let them have something like 20 workers.

After the winter, when they'll "wake up", I will put them in an area, 2 colonies at a time. The stronger will survive.

Doing this a number of time, I'll finally only have left the more agressive and strong colony, which I'll breed until they get thousands, and I'll be ready to conquier the world with my ultra-agressive ant army. Be afraid.
>> Anonymous
>>263860

Young Lasius niger colonies tend to work together when they are small in numbers, you should wait two years before you put them together ;)
>> Anonymous
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Eh, I knew that I didn't want to put the effort into raising a colony and I'm certain none of my friends do either. So I just ended up releasing her into the bushes at the rear of my property. I hope she does well, I love watching ants outside.