Paratrechina (Nylanderia) sp.

[Asiletto]

Small ant, the queen is just 5 mm, but greedy and quick to grow. Found in Isaan, Thailand (like all the exotic species I am rearing at the moment).

29 June




06 July



21 July




I have a couple of other colonies, an alate queen with female workers



And a dealate queen wich is producing males..

[Wood~Ant]

I was expecting the pupae to have cocoons, but they are all bare which comes as a bit of a surprise. The workers certainly are feeding well from the expansion of their gasters.  1f272727f769137327ecdc4044e746e2