#camponotus

“we little ants are starving… it very sad please feed us more bugs” (You can see the queen on the right in this photo. She has never had a distended gaster in all the five years that I’ve known her. She nonetheless lays a lot of eggs) #camponotus #CamponotusPennsylvanicus #antkeeping #ants

Here is my new carpenter ant queen. Her colony has 11 workers and I’ve been sharing their progress since the day I found her. Her gaster is filled with nectar that her daughters have collected. They are using her like a water tank. #antqueen #camponotus