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Post by myrmicaman on Aug 17, 2020 10:55:08 GMT
Hi I last posted to this board in 2016. Since then I have moved house and now live in a cottage in a village in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.
I still have my Myrmica scabrinodis colony, now 10 years old, plus 2 Lasius niger colonies and a Lasius flavus one. I also have a Myrmica species freshly mated queen in a test tube hoping to found a colony. The L. niger colonies are about 5 years old - started by putting 4 or 5 queens in a test tube with water at the bottom (about 1/3rd of the tube), then a cotton wool plug, then the ants, then another plug. The queens co-operate to rear their eggs. When the first tiny workers emerge, there is a "Game of Thrones" period of a few days after which all the queens are dead but one. They are now housed in acrylic nests.
I was going to post some photos of my colonies but I cannot see how to do this, as the pics are on my computer and so don't have a URL. Can anyone help?
Best wishes Steve
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 17, 2020 12:22:40 GMT
Hi Steve, you can upload photos using Imgur like I do. Open this link to make a free account Imgur sign upOr there a free photo host at the top of the post box here on the forum. This links to Image Shack. Nice to see you back with us again.
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Post by Jenny on Aug 17, 2020 12:31:22 GMT
Nice to see you back use the bracket code on imgur links below on my signature
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Post by myrmicaman on Aug 17, 2020 12:39:57 GMT
Thanks. Here's one of my Lasius niger colonies Here's the L. flavus Here's the other L. niger Finally here's part of the Myrmica set up The cocktail sticks in the holes for watering the nests are there because I discovered that Lasius ants, at least, could creep into the water sponges, and indeed dig them out, and then escape via the water hole.I lost quite a few Lasius workers that way. Steve
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Post by myrmicaman on Aug 17, 2020 12:52:33 GMT
The pics didn't work. Let's try again:
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Post by myrmicaman on Aug 17, 2020 12:53:35 GMT
Baffling. The BB code links to the images OK but thety don't show up in the post.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 17, 2020 13:03:44 GMT
If you go to the Imgur link and open an account I'm sure you'll find the codes work well. You just the link code for posting on forums and message boards.
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Post by myrmicaman on Aug 17, 2020 14:07:31 GMT
This is the "BBC Code" generated on the forum usimng the "insert Image" icon.
The link works
But the post doesn't.
Sorry to be a nuisance...
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Post by myrmicaman on Aug 17, 2020 14:11:54 GMT
img src="https://imgur.com/1TwqymW" style="max-width:100%;" alt="" The BBCode generated by the attach photo icon is above. I have removed the square brackets at the start and end of the line which make it into executable code (put them in and you see nothing).
The link does work
Baffled
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Post by myrmicaman on Aug 17, 2020 14:16:45 GMT
In the meantime, you can just click on the links. So, trying yet again
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 18, 2020 9:17:39 GMT
Try using this link code with a bracket at the front. img]https://I.imgur.com/fJBgWPF.jpg[/img] this one [ Use your own image code in the one above will post your pictures like this.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Aug 18, 2020 12:15:16 GMT
Welcome back, Steve.
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