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Post by Wood~Ant on Jul 13, 2020 6:41:33 GMT
Over the last 2 days we have been seeing thousands of flying ants as they mated from 6pm to 7pm. Jenny picked up a few of the newly mated queens, as there were hundreds wandering around our estate within a few minutes walk away.
I haven't seen any Lasius flavus mating yet, but they will be soon as we have plenty of nests nearby.
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Post by messorlee on Jul 13, 2020 7:02:36 GMT
I'm going to be collecting a few when it happens over here... I did think I saw one queen yesterday while out at the farm.
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Post by Joshuarr on Jul 13, 2020 20:37:53 GMT
Lasius niger mating flights have been happening the last two days where I am (Nottingham). I collected three queens. I am excited to keep them right from the beginning.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Jul 16, 2020 18:48:47 GMT
There's an enormous one going on in Portsmouth right now. Hundreds of queens as far as the eye can see.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 19, 2020 16:03:57 GMT
I kept 2 queens together in a test tube and they laid a lot of eggs. Then some of the eggs became larvae and cocooned pupae. Today I see the first worker has been born, and I will keep the 2 queens together until more worker ants are born, and then I will separate them with some brood and workers each unless the dominant queen kills the other or the workers do.  |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 20, 2020 13:24:04 GMT
These ladies now have 4 workers today, so I'll have to consider making a journal for them and what to do with the colony when they outgrow the test tube.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 21, 2020 9:08:45 GMT
These ladies now have 4 workers today, so I'll have to consider making a journal for them and what to do with the colony when they outgrow the test tube. There's 6 workers today, so I'll start a journal of this colony and then I will have to think about a nest for them in October. |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 25, 2020 7:56:28 GMT
Unfortunately the little first workers have died leaving the 2 queens together to raise the rest of the brood. So I won't be moving them into a nest anytime soon unless they get more workers.
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