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Post by UKantz on May 7, 2012 17:20:57 GMT
As we all know nuptial flight season will be among us in a few months and I was wondering what you would like to catch this year?
GOAL Myrmica rubra- have never found one a reproductive caste, let alone a queen Formica fusca- know we're they are just never caught a queen Tetramorium caespitum- don't think I'll find one though as they seem to only live in southern England
Commonly found Lasius niger- every where Lasius flavus- again every where
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Post by Remson on May 8, 2012 9:12:16 GMT
As I am still very new to ant keeping my goal is just to find and capture a queen:) This shouldn't be hard tho as I get flying ants continuously flying into my ears :s. I think there must be honey in their not wax.
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Post by TenebrousNova on May 8, 2012 14:53:30 GMT
Perhaps one Lasius niger queen, whom I would raise until she had a small colony and would then release.
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Post by UKantz on May 8, 2012 18:23:43 GMT
I am looking to raise 1 queen of both Lasius Niger and flavus I managed to keep Lasius Niger successfully for 2 years before dying off mysteriously... Lasius flavus will be a first for me, but I hear that they are hard to feed being mostly underground dwelling
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Post by TenebrousNova on May 16, 2012 10:16:26 GMT
I am looking to raise 1 queen of both Lasius Niger and flavus I managed to keep Lasius Niger successfully for 2 years before dying off mysteriously... Lasius flavus will be a first for me, but I hear that they are hard to feed being mostly underground dwelling I find that L.flavus isn't that difficult, they come out more in the evenings and at night, and eat the same things as L.niger. I wish I had the space for a plant with which to cultivate root aphids, they're meant to love the secretions from farming them.
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Post by UKantz on May 16, 2012 15:55:44 GMT
I'm glad that Lasius flavus are easy to keep as I like how diverse the sizes of the workers are ;D
Are root aphids the little white things that sometimes you find in ant nests?
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Post by Wood~Ant on May 16, 2012 16:44:41 GMT
Are root aphids the little white things that sometimes you find in ant nests? You are probably thinking of white woodlice. Root aphids look like greenfly or blackfly you find on garden plants, but without wings of course and are either creamy white or pale grey.
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Post by UKantz on May 16, 2012 17:04:25 GMT
Thanks wood for clearing that up for me, I always see our Lasius Niger colonies carry these away with the brood when the nest is disturbed
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jon
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Post by jon on May 20, 2012 16:59:22 GMT
For myself I'll be looking for Lasius Flavus Lasius Niger Myrmica sp. And anything else what comes my way
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Post by batspiderfish on May 20, 2012 17:23:34 GMT
If I find any rare, unusual, or beautiful queens from my area, l may keep them, even though I'm trying to cut back on the number of colonies I have.
Dolichoderus plagiatus Aphaenogaster tennesseensis Anergates atratulus, or any other workerless inquiline Lasius latipes Lasius interjectus Solenopsis molesta Amblyopone pallipes Ponera pennsylvanicus
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