tom
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Post by tom on Jul 16, 2006 17:49:29 GMT
There was an early L.Niger flight today, I caught 25-30 today  |
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Post by Jenny on Jul 16, 2006 17:58:01 GMT
You were lucky there Tom  Wood has just gone to look, but it is all quiet here |
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Post by Jenny on Jul 16, 2006 20:34:47 GMT
I eat my words as 2hours on, I have just been out with the dog and niger queens,  they are crawling all over the footpaths, I was dancing around them as not to tread on them they look lost and bewildered, and don't really know which direction to turn  |
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Post by Formicalondon on Jul 16, 2006 21:05:30 GMT
I got a few during the week as we had some nuptial flights in the middle of the week I there was lots of mated queens running around my garden I only collected 3 for myself 2 of which have already laid a small amount off eggs.
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Post by penlid on Jul 16, 2006 21:42:29 GMT
I was out cleaning my car today and managed to catch 2 Lasius niger queens. I went into my back garden and saw quite a few mating flights. I also saw a drone mating with the alate. were all over my pavement.
Saw many fertilised ants in the grass too. Have set up 2 in antworlds. Hopefully they will do ok.
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Post by vocasla on Jul 16, 2006 23:03:47 GMT
tom you live in somerset! I live in somerset too...in somerton... but I do not see Lasius niger queen ants...  and its 12am where I am....maybe in the morning!! I cannot miss this year!!!!! |
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Post by B-Rabbit on Jul 16, 2006 23:08:32 GMT
Oh no 30, I got 75 L. neoniger if any of you can top it go ahead I dare you ;*) (And be able to keep them I might add)
Now if only mine would lay..
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Post by vocasla on Jul 22, 2006 20:08:45 GMT
I found 4, and it took a 3 hour search! Yes, 3 hours non stop walking and looking on the ground. It paid off eventually, and found 1 fertilised queen AT LAST.  |
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tom
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Post by tom on Jul 22, 2006 21:44:06 GMT
woowho someone that lives near me that likes ants! I live near yeovil in a village call hardington |
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Post by vocasla on Jul 23, 2006 14:02:36 GMT
haha cool, I live only 20 minutes away from yeovil, actually its where I went queen ant hunting |
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Post by 54321ade on Aug 8, 2006 19:45:52 GMT
How do I dig up a queen?
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Post by Jenny on Aug 9, 2006 6:42:02 GMT
Hi 54321ade,
Welcome to the forum; actually digging up queens in the anting world is frowned on. This is because the chances of you finding one by digging and disturbing a whole colony is remote. More harm than good is done with this method.
It is best to lift stones and look underneath, and at certain times you will even see queens, wandering about in the warm sun during springtime. But you still never take all the queens as you deplete the wild, for future development.
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Post by B-Rabbit on Aug 9, 2006 22:43:56 GMT
Nothing wrong with digging up ants, I do it all the time...
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 10, 2006 7:59:53 GMT
No need to dig up a nest when you've become a good ant hunter, as I've become over the past 45 years!  The chances of finding a single L. niger queen among thousands of angry workers is virtually nil; and I have never, ever had to dig up an ants nest during my entire life as an ant hunter. I don't want anyone getting back at me on this, and making this a controversial thread; and I am not trying to start a heated debate either! I am however, just stating my opinion on this matter |
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