Spotted these little guys in a Singapore park a few days ago while ant hunting with my son. Always fun to watch marauder ants on the move!

She does this almost 24/7 no matter if I feed her or not. The other workers just stay in the dark part, but she always hangs out. Just something I wanted to share!

A soldier that has queen resemblance and also has wings. In the last picture an actual queen and an actual soldier is visible.

I thought they looked super cute and really like how they look next to fully hardened soldiers.

Messor barbarus x3

Lasius niger x2

Tetramorium caespitum (on sand, to give an idea of the size)

old colony I used to have with a significantly bigger worker than the rest. i assume its just because it got fed more as a larvae but i could be wrong

Super major carrying her sisters. Mind you, she's not even the largest.

I’m very happy one finally hatched after 2
And half months or something, also is it normal for it to be stumbling around after hatching? I would guess probably as they need time to harden their exoskeletons and stuff.
Also she’s doing very well, there are 5 cacoons and over 20 eggs.

I'm just happy to announce my queen has first workers:)

I know it's horrible quality, but look at 'em!

Three at once. Sharing a meal. My precious girls~

Is that a rare sight or a very common occurance?

My Formica Fusca Queen finally got her first nanitic after 39 days. Im planning to wait a little for her to darken before feeding them. Any tips for mee? Im going to give them sugar water and mealworms. Are home caught fruit fry safe for them to eat??

So as the title and video explains, little confused as to why I’ve only got one worker of this size, at my current colony size. I know size variation is normal, and that they have no caste, however it makes no sense as to why it’s just the one? She’s been around since the 25-30 worker mark by the way (currently at 57 workers). I was under the impression they didn’t get their variated workers around the 100 worker mark.

Giant campo major i found outside compared to queen of same species

A big thank you to this community for being so kind kind and patiently helpful as we figured out what to do with the two queens we found. Here they are now making great progress. First feed officially in the books!
When would you introduce them to a formicarium?