I Caught The Strangest Queen Ant I've Ever Seen
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- Опубліковано 18 лют 2022
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I caught the strangest queen ant I've ever seen in my life! Check out her out! She stings, but as you will see in this video, as we feed her and take a deeper look at the biology and lifestyle of her species, she's truly a cool find! Hope you enjoy this week's video! Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.
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Guys, this queen ant is odd, right? But can you imagine having a colony of these ants? Taking names now! Also, if you enjoyed this video hope you remember to LIKE, leave a COMMENT for feedback, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE (hit the BELL and select ALL for Notifications Squad). Thank you all for watching! Ant love forever! xoxo
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Here the name for the queen, enon (dont read it backward pls)
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@@vonnygowin8972 s h u t
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I suggest naming the new queen Destiny, as she sought out AntsCanada all on her own. And for slender ants, I recommend a cut and hollowed branch with limbs, set with its hollowed side facing the glass so you can film the nest.
Perfect. Antscanada needs to see this NOW!!!
That's perfect!
@Antscanada see this comment!
Hi
this is perfect for this queen antcanada see this NOW!!!
Try splitting some old twigs down the middle and hollow them out so you can attach the twigs to the glass so you can still see the ants while keeping them comfortable.
I was thinking this!
@@AntsCanada Don't forget to acquire some ant cows for them to herd :)
@@Ernoskij Plus live woody plants for the "cows" to feed on.
Similar to this species, in my country we have "pseudomyrmex simplex", local to a bunch of countries from central and south america, aswell as in the caribbean, like in my case, DR. i have spotted it also near dead twigs and branches. according to my research, it has been found in queenless nests, (indicating high polydomy) and also in nests with more than one functional dealate queen, but apparently is still casified as monogynous, i still struggle to wrap my head around that. They are also monomorphic.
There are other species sharing this bodyshape, but i have never seen other species, only this one
I absolutely love this channel, just discovered it in the last year. There is nothing else quite like it on UA-cam. Quality, care, democracy, compassion,, love, fascination, curiosity, wonder.
I have many name suggestions:
1. Nemy (African Origin) meaning “sweet”
2. Anwen (Welsh Origin) meaning “Sweet and most beautiful”
3. Vevina (Scottish Origin) “Sweet lady”
4. Amla (Arabic Origin) meaning “Sweet by nature”
5. Soma (Sanskrit Origin) meaning “Lunar nectar”
I picked these 5 because they all correlate around their species craving for sweets, and I thought it was only fitting to name her Royal Highness after her sweet tooth.
I love the name Soma
love the lunar nectar the best
Aw, your ideas a cute. I myself thought of calling the queen the Slenderwoman.
Slenderwoman?
I like anwen
So long time watcher but I think this is the first time I've ever commented. I really don't have a good idea for the name but honestly I think the habitat needs to be as natural as possible. Being that this species is already noted to be very hard to rear an entire colony in captivity I think the best choice is to find some slightly hollow branches stretched over the rest of the terrarium to make it seem more natural with melebugs placed in there so it can mimick their natural state as much as possible. I understand the desire to be able to see them but we have a responsibility to keep them in a way that provides the best possibility to thrive so we can see them in as natural way as possible and they can feel at their best. Lol just my thoughts.
I completely agree with your statement, I like being able to see ants but I also enjoy to have them not stressed out and feel completely as If they were in their natural habitat. Just my opinion tho.
That's why prisons needs to mimic the natural human city life. So prisoners can feel naturally at ease and stress free since they committed crimes.
True I mean
*mealbugs
@@vincentlee7359 I don't agree the prisons should mimic that. But what crime did the ants commit?!😂
It would be awesome to see an habitat with those mealy bugs! They actually farm like a bug cattle that’s fascinating!
I did not expect this video to solve a mystery for me. A few years back I was helping clear out dead branches off of a farm when I felt a sharp stinging sensation on my forearm. What I saw on my arm looked just like this slender ant queen you caught. I brushed it off of me and looked closer at it and recognized it must be an ant, but I had never seen an ant that looked like that before. Black, quite big, but skinny and had a weird shaped butt with a stinger. I live in North America, in the Pacific Northwest, and I've seen plenty of ants, but nothing like the one that stung me. Initially I thought it was a fire ant that had got me, but when I saw it, I realized that was not the case. When I looked it up online, the internet showed all the usual native ant species, but none that matched. I just assumed maybe I misidentified a weird insect that mimics the form of an ant, but when I saw the queen that landed on you, my jaw dropped. I was stunned to see it again, but also confused on how it ended up here in America. My heart sunk in my chest when you showed the seized ants, it finally clicked in my head what happened. In my area, ant keeping and bee keeping have become quite popular, and I suspect that perhaps the ant that stung me was a victim of being imported, then discarded by a careless owner. This is all speculation though, but given what you said in this video, all the signs point to that ant being imported and dumped somewhere locally. By the way, for those curious, the sting felt a bit less aggressive than a fire ant, but still burned and throbbed for a bit.
Before this, I never would have thought that there was such a thing as a black market for ants, that just seems so random.
Yes, there are so many animal black markets in the pet trade, and ants happen to be one of the newer ones. Smh...
if there is a thing or life form there is a black-market for it
@@Blackfox_Kitsune even for games?
@@dnxx503 have you heard of....
squid game?
@@MEANLEANBEAN well I heard of squirt game
It is so heart warming, at least for me, when the queen accepts the food offering and eats it! When that did not happen to my queens, I was worrying. Thank you for this amazing video!
I also love when they accept our peace offering! Thank you for watching! Ant love forever!
The queens not accepting the food may be because they're a caustral species, you should look into that just in case. Good luck with your colonies!
@have a nice day 🌈 does anyone know what this link leads to
@@dog6861 its a cake recipe
@@dog6861 i middle clicked it, hovered over the video but didnt wanna give a video a view and it said "This recipe suprised everyone with how simple and delicious a cake ca...." so probs smth about cake making
binge watching all your updates since I just found your channel. from the 7 colonies video I just got hooked.
The name Willow would definitely fit for this queen. Since the name "Willow" is an unique female name of English origin and means “slender” or “graceful”. The name is also derived from the willow tree which has a slender shape and graceful branches.
Plus: I believe a terrarium would be best suited and make an entertaining video, maybe towards the future you can move that colon into the ant house
oo good suggestion! i’m thinking of lulum
Willow wolf from piggy
I like the name. I will vote for you!
I don’t like it it’s my opinion
Willow would be lovely actually
She seems awfully active for a queen
She’s super cool and kinda funny, a lot more personality than most ants seem to have.
Also her name could be Joan, like Joan of ark but instead she’d be Joan of bark.
And in terms of their habitat you could make a large network of tubes with the red tape over them, you would be able to see the entire nest and it would be like being inside of branches.
JOAN OF BARK IS PERFECT
My guy talking about a bug like it's his husband
shes semi claustral
Keeping local ants responsibly is beneficial in every way, but it is also much cheaper than pretty almost every other pet.
Queen Diana named after a goddess of the hunt because she's a species of ant that still hunts
This species needs as natural of a habitat as possible. Giving her a terrarium with small trees she can live in. Honestly an opportunity to name her slim shady. Lol. Ant love forever
Edit: Did not think AntsCanada would see this, or anyone really, but I'll take it. lol
After that stellar Superbowl halftime show performance, I second that! SLIM SHADY is a great suggestion!
@@AntsCanada lol
It sounds like a good name
Nvm ignor my suggestion slim shady is best
No... Bamboo style testtube is the key the queen will die if that's what you put them in, now I'm not so much of an expert but I do know that putting them in setups like that guarantees failure
I suggest naming her either: Werifesteria (meaning to wander through forest in search of mystery) or Lissome (meaning thin, supple, and graceful)
I’m crying now after you told us about the queen’s stoped at custom’s, and because we all know what custom’s will do. We need more people like you that do it the right way for ant farming!
the saddest thing about illigally importing tropical ants, is that people pay like 60+ euros for an ant wich will die because they can't survive in that country
Exactly!!! (...among other things!)
Also she definitely chose you, you take good care of your ants and give them a life of free food without the risk of predators. Those ants are so lucky and she wanted in on that.
You could name her Milly or Molly, based off the milibugs! It may not be a cool name, but it is a cute name and it could show people that ants who aren't conventionally "cute" can still be adorable!
edit: spelling error
@have a nice day 🌈 f u :)
Milly and Molly doesn't fit ( I'm sorry if this offended you)
why "he"
@@ghiankenjib.santos3134 no that's totally fine! i disagree but ur opinion is valid!
@@Litmit_0 lol
I strongly suggest that we name a slender and if she starts a colony we should give her a forest of branches because we want her to feel at home and act natural like she would normally be in the wild
Queen ant types:
1. Cultivator
Resources Output 100 percent
2. Raider
Resources Output -6
3. Herder
Wax defense
100 percent resources Raided
Hard to cure
Healing speed 50-
Props on the conservation pitch.
For a habitat, how about an ant tower with branches stacked in a vertical position around the perimeter like a palisade. Run a grove down each branch piece on the side facing the glass and drill some random holes along the sides to encourage exploration and boring to other branches.
So for anyone who wants to know her exact species, from what I can see it's Tetraponera nigra, which is native to the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Some parts of Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Some parts of India. Sri Lanka, Thailand and other countries I didn't include because this message is getting long.
Edit: Nvm, it's T. nitida, I thought it was T. nigra because of her all black body and rectangular head, but I didn't account the color of the legs and the and antennae. Thanks to those guys in the comments for correcting me.
thank you hardcore ant guy.
@@resurrectedhelicoprion in my opinion i think its an ant
Ur completely wrong on the id its nitida
Looks like an ant but she identifies as an arachnid! 😆
@@resurrectedhelicoprion It is, just checked.
I found this ant one day in my backyard and decided to catch it because it looked like a queen but a hour later it drowned herself
Imagine being such a good ant keeper that ants seek you out.
I suggest naming the queen the "Dark Empress" due to her really dark exoskeleton
As for the enclosure, I recommend some branches that are really hollow, like the satellite branches of a tree.
Dark empress and ember empress
I watch your video to the very start of my childhood and thank you for teaching me what ants do ty
For the second question... I would use branches even if it makes it 'boring' watching them because thats the way they live in the wild life. Pets - no matter the species - are a responsibility and not for someone's entertainment.
it's really sad to hear that how many ants were sent from my country Poland. especially because it seems those ants weren't in best condition seeing dirty water and overall dirty tubes.
As Polish, I'm ashamed of this situation, even though they are insects, it looks like violence against animals for me ;/
@@kawka_lola6409 I mean i think insects are animals also violence against animals is called animals cruelty
@@kawka_lola6409 this species are not native to poland also.
@@whoasked376 haha they're polish give them a break, English isn't their first language presumably
@@domino4949 😂 didn't even notice that haha. Maybe that guy should focus on his own English first 🙄😁
i think maybe she should be named queen stacy because it sounds like sting
I’d have suggested Nyx. A goddess of shadow. She is a beautiful shadow afterall.
When I was a small girl (okay we're talking over half a century ago but bear with me) there was a model who was so skinny nobody could believe it and her name was Twiggy. I think that would be the perfect name for her.
I remember Twiggy but I am in the last half of my 6th decade.
I liked her and her name. This could be a nice name for this queen ant.
So far she's my favorite. I like the name the Black Dahlia. We can call her Dalhia for short.
What have you, Exotics Lair and the Dark Den done to me? I've always hated killing ants. But now its even more! I can't even kill spiders anymore! But i guess Love and Life is better then being scared and dead.
Black Beauty she is.
I watch them too🤣
You really want her to get murdered and decapitated and torn apart?
@@self-righteousideologue9398 Read Perfectly
Uh...do you have ANY idea who "the Black Dahlia" was, and what happened to her?!
Let's not name anything after her, ever.
@@stormbornapostle5188 Yes i know exactly who she is. But take back the name and use it for good.
I choose to believe that the ant in question was terrified at first, and then had a moment of 'Oh it's Mikey' and strolled into the test tube of her own will.
My vote's for Soma or Destiny, btw
I really think that she should be the queen of the aunt house because you not only found her there during construction but that’s where her home is that big piece you’re planning I really think will be perfect with lots of little branches in it
She kinda reminds me almost of a Xenomorph so what about naming her Xena? ^^
Why did i think the same thing
AC back with the great ant content Ant Love Forever
Thanks for watching! Ant love forever!
we should name her dart from how to train your dragon
dart
dart
dart
dart
dart
dart
dart
dart
Wonderful video as always! Your explanations sound like poetry to my ears.
Being passionate and having dedicated my career to the study of this wonderful family, I do my best to popularize and disseminate my knowledge of myrmecology... I can only admire your channel and the quality of your work will always impress me.
I take this opportunity to say hello from Canada.
Hope you come back to see us soon!
The new Montreal Insectarium will soon reopen with even more impressive colonies than the old one!
Hope to see you soon.
Dominic
Haha, I like how ants are literally attracted to you, Imagine having a queen ant just crawling on your arm all of a sudden
Lol and strangely, it happens ALL THE TIME! Thanks for watching! Ant love forever!
I killed one by accident on my leg because i dint saw it and taught it was a fly
It's insane how many ants u have
Can't wait to see this one Queen ant to develop a massive colony
Don't get too hopeful, still a good chance of a Colony Founding failing, like back when he had all of those young Ant Queens and half of them died off. But let's be optimistic and hope for the best, just with tempered expectations.
@have a nice day 🌈 Look your a bot
Wow I can't belive you still post I still remember the original fire nation and the pitcher plant videos
I think having a ant of this type as a colony would be really interesting and cool to do
❤️❤️ your message about appreciating local, native ants. Thank you for showing people how cool it can be to look at what's around them.
Bow 🙇
Thanks for watching, AC Senator! Bow.
Bow
@@94hoi97 Monomorium pharaonis , Formica rufa , Lasius niger.. not everybody gets blue ants , slender ants, or them big jaws... for me they have only diffrent color
@@AntsCanada i gotta say not everybody super colorfull ant
Where i live their are just :
Messor capitatus
Black Camponotus
Lasius niger
Lasius flavus
Black formica
Crematogaster scutellaris
Super rare but still find them Crematogaster auberti
I think the name “The Hunter Queen” sounds like a good name because you said that unlike other queens they hunt for food instead of fasting for months
HIM: TO EVEN BLUE ANTS
HIM AGAIN: BLUEEEEEE!!!!!!!
that got me laughing
I would suggest naming her Lightning check because of her slender body it looks like she’s really fast.And her enclosure like a rainforest with plants and rocks and drift wood 😊
I rarely comment , but ive been watching ur videos for a long time now. I have a pretty severe phobia of ants. Cant go outside in the wilderness at all due to it. I absolutely do find them to be cute though. while irl i cant handle seeing them, im absolutely obsessed with ur videos and love watching them. Its truly facinating and ants have always been a source of fear in the past, but now its a source of happiness thanks to you. Love all the information ive learned from your videos too. Most people dont take the time to bother learning how these small creatures work. Thank you :)
I rarely comment too
Maybe name the Queen, Dryad since Dryad is the Greek Goddess of wood and she looks like a beautiful young woman which could relate to the slender bodies of the slender ants.
Dryads would be a good name for the colony.
I am new here. The queen ant is very beautiful. She looks smart too. I have made friends with ants before. I gave a colony food and they stayed away from my apartment because I redirected them away from the area. The queen of the colony got her first bites of food from me before she went underground to lay her eggs. I use to keep ants as pets and I learned a lot about them when I was younger. Ant's are very important to the environment and it's easy to damage their ecosystem. It's important to keep a balance in their ecosystem to help the environment be balanced. 👍
I found an ant like this, it was the same but had an extra pincer at the end of her gaster where the stinger is. It was a few weeks ago while there was hardly any nuptial flights so I doubt it was a queen but it did have wings so maybe!
I would suggest naming her Lightning check because of her slender body it looks like she’s really fast.And her enclosurelike a rainforest with plants and rocks and drift wood 😊
The more series I watch. The more interested I am. I had a thought last night after watching a few of your episodes. What if earth is just a terrarium for some advanced extraterrestrial civilization and they watch us in the same way we watch this 😂
Ahhhh yes the Fishbowl Hypthesis!
it would explain why setting up a colony on the moon was nixed, back into the terrarium, no satellite nests!
Hello AntsCanada! I found a queen exactly like this a few weeks ago. It was wandering around my balcony and I thought it must have been a queen. I caught it and followed the normal procedure, but unfortunately she died before she could give birth to any eggs. I think this was because I didn’t feed her, instead thought she was a claustral species.I would love if you would be able to help me get more information on her. Thank you!
PS- I live in Mumbai, India
WoW
My offering is the name: Queen Lancea. It sounds cool, regal, and is Latin for Spear or Pike, which works well for her narrow, spear-like form :)
Ive been subed to you ants canada for mabe 7 years now. My ant knowledge hase never been more knowledgeable.
Thank you! #AntLoveForever
Her name should be svelte, meaning slim,slender and elegant like her!
And it should be in a double stacked ac outworlds then branches and twigs in them and then rocky/mossy terrain on the ground
I suggest for the Queen, "Selinderella" Since she still has to do her work (hunting/foraging) while she is founding her colony. And for the colony "Selendrix" since they thrive in a matrix of slender branches in trees.
Also, the flat brooding chamber AC sells should be an excellent starter place until you can get an aquarium setting built for them.
Me asking my mom if we can have a queen ant:
Also me remembering we have two cats at home:
I live in Tasmania Australia and our jackjumper ants remind me a little bit like those your showing
For names I can recommend Lissome and Svelte, fancy, but matches up with the species as both words mean thin, slender, and graceful. For the container maybe you could just attack cut twigs towards the glass wall to view them, though some twigs will probably not be viewable for long with this idea.
At 7:17 you said “divergently evolve” but it’s actually convergent evolution. They were two separate species that evolved the same trait independently, which is converging on the same point from different locations
I found your channel by accident n can't believe how much i enjoy n look forward to new posts about ants. I am seriously thinking of starting my own colonies! I also am surprised at how much knowledge i have gained in knowing HOW to begin my own colony!!!! Thank you for beginning my new love of ants !!!!
Name this beauty creeper queen (since she was creeping up your arm!!!)
Much love cutie pie!!! See you in your posts!!!! 😉💕
Name her slender stick, it’s great since she’s called a slender ant and nests insides sticks and branches
I would name her ‘Dark Thin empress’ because it follows up with her body, head, and gaster. And the Dark follows up with the color
this channel is getting bigger everyday :D
@have a nice day 🌈 who are you
@have a nice day 🌈 another immature comment
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@@mirmohamed4478 just report them repeadtly for every reason so youtube might axe them
He's making me appreciate and like ants... I've always hated them bc fire ants but he makes ants in general cool
I encourage hollow branches since they are made for the hollow branches.
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Try chalk next time your house is invaded. It absorbs the chemical trails ants leave for mabs
Can we be lucky enough to see a 'blue' 'blueeeeee' ant colony?😇😇
@@padhle2137probably not because someone had so many blue ants, but not a queen😢
I like the name Twiggy. It had ties to the model, so it makes sense since it is so slim and it is also a play on where the nests are normally found.
Yes me too
I think we should do something like the carpenter and settup! Then we can see inside the nest and all the eggs larva and pupa!
i actually thought at first that this was some sort of trapjaw ant because its body shape is so similar, but obviously she doesnt have those jaws
I want to name her Ditzi, bc she seems so curious that she's a lil clumsy. But very cute!
I also wanted to ask some things regarding the illegal importing of foreign ants. While I agree 100% with everything you’ve said about WHY bringing in foreign ant species unregulated could be disastrous, I would like to know your opinion on these:
is there a way (in your opinion) that foreign ants could be safely kept within a different territory?
How do you feel about other species, inverts especially, that are imported? I.e. Isopods, mantids, tarantulas, roaches? Do you feel that keeping these species is different, and safer? I know it would be a lot easier for an ant colony to potentially become invasive than say a species of tarantula, but I would like your thoughts, especially now when the LACEY act may be permanently affecting how us Americans keep exotics!
For most creatures I would say I'd love to be able to own in any country or region responsibly. However, with ants, the main reason they are hard to keep in other countries other than their own is that they are escape artists. You could have as many precautions as you can in place to make sure they don't, but even antscanada has had full colonies escape from their enclosures. If there was a way to *guarantee* that they can't escape, then I'd be fine seeing them outside of their own countries.
Ants are just so small, have massive colonies, and can easily overpower native species that it's just a huge risk if a colony escapes. Same with any small species of bug really that isn't kept alone. In the US, if I remember right, the honeybee that everyone knows about is actually invasive and out competes native bee populations, but most bee keepers use the invasive species to produce honey or help their own farms/gardens. You just have to be careful when you have insects that could do damage to your area if not housed properly.
I never found anything meaningful or special about ants until I found your channel. Thanks to you I now value the importance of them in the ecosystem and didn't spray them with bug killers anymore. Keep up the good work!
I have ants similar to those in my home in Quebec
name option for slender ant queen when she gets her colony
1.Might Of The Shadows
Maybe eventually make a terrarium of twigs for them, but I think a cool way to start would be similar to the old Fire Nation set up, where there were tons of tubes going all over to a few different outworlds.
Or at least that's how I remember it, it has been quite a while.
Something tells me that this colony would be right at home in a tube nest. Smaller tubes than what you use for the connecting of out world setups. And as a name, well since she is royalty, how about Slinderella(Cinderella).
Please keep her, she would be a awesome addition
I suggest it might be a bullet ant because those ants can sting and are slender.
Amazing videos by the way you are the one who inspired me to get a ant colony.
Hi everyone.
I have a name suggestion.
I think Selendria is a good name and I hope that everyone else likes it to.
I have been watching this channel for so long now and it keeps surprising me with how fascinating ants are.
Ant love forever!
That's a tetraponera, known for their painful stings
@have a nice day 🌈 k
I know it's late for the name but: Queen Vine because of her slender body and how their species nest on branches (Vines wrap trees and branches I am pretty sure), Queen Crow (Or Raven) because of her black exoskeleton, "Nelumbo Empress" Because Nelumbo is a lotus that represents beauty and Queen Snake because of her slender body. I personally liked Queen Phyllostachys Nigra Which is a black bamboo, but like- It looks hard to pronounce lol.
If I ever plan on keeping ants, I’m still living in my parents house and they say no to that, I don’t wish to have anything I couldn’t have at least the possibility of catching myself. It’s one of those rules I’ve put onto myself about it. If I couldn’t catch it in Wyoming, I won’t even attempt to buy it or find someone who did catch it and can’t take care of it properly.
Also known as, I’m terrible at catching things and it’s highly likely I’d end up finding a person who caught a queen native to Wyoming that can’t take care of it properly and take her in. If need be, I’ll pay them for her if they don’t wish to let her go but know they can’t properly take care of her. (Aka: I’m not going to keep anything I know could be a massive problem if they got out, like those black market ants. I didn’t even know there was an ant black market, but it’s nice to know what to stay away from and what to notify people of so they know not to buy black market ants.)
It would all start out with one search, “What ant species are native to *insert my county here* Wyoming?”
Edit: I resumed the video, that works too-
You should name her slendai And her enclosure should be a tank container with wood with holes in them so they can do there regular nesting thing Something like that... LOVE YOUR VIDEOS
This is amazing! I’ve never seen a queen of this species! And to think it just came to you!
She's gorgeous, 😍.Queen Ebony ,and see through tubes to watch would be awesome.🐜💕
That Queen ant is called species:831
I had an idea for the nest if you get a colony started, could you make them an area make out of small diameter cpvc pipe, with parts cut in half and up against the glass so you can still see in. Cpvc is used for drinking water so it should be ant safe and easy to work with
I wonder how difficult it would be to setup a branch habitat with a mealybug colony in which they could farm.
@AntsCanada. Can you please do a series in which you can explain most common to least common ant species. Where and when to find them in that area (As in a 1 video on 1Continent, except Antartica😂) kind of thing if possible. Will love that, thank you for your time. Love from India 🇮🇳.
I probably recommend naming the slender queen ant harmony.
Wow! I knew she looked familiar. I've been trying to figure out what kind of ants the ones in my garden are for so long. I live in North America and the twig ants I've come across are incredibly curious and seemingly friendly. I've never had a problem with them, they like crawling on me when I'm outside and never bite or sting. I quite enjoy their endearing personalities.
You should name her Verda, just because it sounds cool. I think you should give her a branch terrium and name her colony the Esbelta Empire, Esbelta means a slender female in Spanish, she's female and she's a slender ant!
Name her Marlow
It means “driftwood”
She lives in wood, drifted into your life/on your arm… perfect
I love the native ant speech as I’ve fallen in love with my local Camponotus and want them to thrive
Mike, very informative, thank you. Also you need to find one of the blue ant queens. That would be a great colony to have.