Slave maker ant queen being fed

This is a slave maker ant of the species formica. I'm trying to get her to start a colony. Here are the workers feeding her.

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• ant
• queen
• queenant
• formica
• slave
• slavemaker
• slavemakerant
• antqueen
• feeding
• ants

[TheFinalRest]

myarica robua what ever lol

[robomantis]

@TheFinalRest Myrmica rubra haha! That species is called a semi-claustral founding process. Most ant species have queens that live off fat stores til first workers and let the workers get all the food and stuff. Those are called claustral. Semi-claustral queens actually go out hunting during the founding process, instead of living off fat she goes and kills. So even after first workers the queen can still be fiesty and actually help the workers take down prey.

[TheFinalRest]

What does it mean when your red ant queen keep's coming out of the tunnels onto surface when shes got workers?

[robomantis]

@TheFinalRest What species is she? It could be a variety of reasons based on what species she is.

[robomantis]

@UndeadRussianLord Cool!

[UndeadRussianLord]

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[robomantis]

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[UndeadRussianLord]

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[robomantis]

@UndeadRussianLord I'm making lots of videos of all sorts of bugs this year. Ants and bees mostly.

[UndeadRussianLord]

@UndeadRussianLord ants in general ofcourse :'(