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Post by jeoff82 on Apr 2, 2017 20:31:28 GMT
I got this colony last year, 1 small brown queen and around 10 workers. The workers resemble Lasius niger and are very small. I have them housed in some silicon tubing and a petri dish. They have quite a large pile of brood, some of it overwintered with the colony. The queen decided to distance herself from the colony last week but has since rejoined the workers and brood. Hopefully they do well, never had much luck with the species, I find the queens are easily stressed out. Ill give them some heat lamp everyday and see how they get on.
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Post by jeoff82 on Apr 13, 2017 12:58:05 GMT
These have been feeding pretty well and the workers dart about extremely fast. I put springtails into there set up to help keep it and clean and I have observed the workers capturing them and feeding them to the brood. With the pile of brood they have hopefully the colony will double in size over the next few weeks.
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Yama
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Post by Yama on Apr 14, 2017 19:20:43 GMT
Hey Jeoff Have you got any pics of them? would be interested to see how similar to Lasius Niger they are and what your set-up is like  |
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Post by jeoff82 on Apr 23, 2017 11:44:10 GMT
Hey Jeoff Have you got any pics of them? would be interested to see how similar to Lasius Niger they are and what your set-up is like These look the same as Lasius niger nanitic workers, the next generation of workers should look more like their own species. The brood pile has turned into larvae now and should produce around ten cocoons over the next few weeks. Its amazing how quick these ants move, they dart around the tube extremely fast. The heatlamp is helping, when I turn it on I see the workers move the brood towards it. The workers continue to feed the brood springtails but I have provided some larger food in the form of fly's. |
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Post by jeoff82 on Apr 30, 2017 16:43:07 GMT
Hey Jeoff Have you got any pics of them? would be interested to see how similar to Lasius Niger they are and what your set-up is like They are simply inside this piece of silicon tubing at the moment, one end has a test tube in darkness and the other end is a small dish that is the outworld.  |
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Yama
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Pets: 2 Cats and 10 Ant Colonies
Favourite Ant: Lasius Niger (They are just so tiny and harmless!)
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Post by Yama on May 1, 2017 15:40:55 GMT
Wow they look so similar to Lasius Niger - How can you tell they are Brunneus and not Niger?
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Post by ghostsk on May 1, 2017 16:53:42 GMT
Wow they look so similar to Lasius Niger - How can you tell they are Brunneus and not Niger? Bruneus have brown thorax |
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Post by Wood~Ant on May 1, 2017 16:55:08 GMT
Wow they look so similar to Lasius Niger - How can you tell they are Brunneus and not Niger? Niger is Latin for black, while Brunneus is Latin for brown, as they are more of a brown than nigers in appearance. |
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Post by jeoff82 on May 1, 2017 17:30:21 GMT
Wow they look so similar to Lasius Niger - How can you tell they are Brunneus and not Niger? The first lot of workers look basically the same as niger but the next generation look quite different. Look in the gallery as I recently put a picture up of niger and brunneus and you can see the difference. The brunneus queen is smaller and browner than niger queen. |
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Post by jeoff82 on May 25, 2017 21:10:09 GMT
The colony has a pile of brood including cocoons now and around 5 workers are rushing around in the outworld. With such a small colony it is hard to know what their dietary needs are but I think the foraging is a sign they are looking for food so I will give them some honey this weekend.
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Post by jeoff82 on Jun 20, 2017 17:43:30 GMT
Unfortunately the whole colony killed in todays heat.
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