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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 8, 2011 11:45:18 GMT
Some of you may know I had a Lasius flavus colony, but you may not know it died under strange circumstances after my dad's dinner break  . So he binned it when the post came today I got an unexpected suprise a new Lasius flavus colony with my dad's name on it interesting wonder if it had anything to do with the other one.  Anyway they are amazing the (survived a trip from Germany with no water) only an hour after arriving they are already foraging and are currently eating the honey I gave to them maybe its to show me there not dead as I thought they were oh well will try to keep you updated. no brood that I can see but there is an empty cocoon case. must of hatched on the way. ;D |
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 8, 2011 12:54:43 GMT
Thanks. Are you Lasius flavus doing well because I was reading the journal and it stopped on th 3rd of July if so good luck with yours as well. ;D
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 8, 2011 14:12:46 GMT
Please use capital letters for names of months and countries, as I have edited some posts for lack of appropriate capitals  Please use the spell checker to assist you if necessary. Also use punctuation in your sentences, as they are too long with no breaks. You wouldn't speak without taking time to pause for a breath, so add a few commas please.  |
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 8, 2011 15:28:32 GMT
I may have been mistaken when I said there was no brood, as there was some tiny white bread crumb like things being moved around. I don't know if they are eggs or larvae.
Not really much of an update but they have retired to the test tube for now maybe their not hungry any more.
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 9, 2011 11:52:05 GMT
There are about 15 workers I cannot count them all because they're too small, good considering I only ordered 3-6 workers and a queen. The queen is doing well she is large and plump. I have put a green fly in to see what they do with it. I have identified the brood there are around 7 larvae and there may be some eggs in the cotton wool. the queen has not moved , with the exception of turning round a few times.  I'll get some pictures later. |
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 9, 2011 12:51:56 GMT
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 9, 2011 13:04:34 GMT
lol there called oscar and alfie. But did you see the ant one.
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 9, 2011 14:59:17 GMT
Oh right. If you press previous there is is a picture of my dogs lol.
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 10, 2011 14:52:15 GMT
Lol I was wondering why they stopped eating I looked at the queen today and she is massive. The armor plates on her abdomen have large golden rims in between them no new eggs or larvae I can see but they may be in the cotton wool. ;D
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 12, 2011 11:14:46 GMT
DISASTER!!!!! Today I had a major disaster while looking at the ants I dropped the test tube. About a centimeter of glass was lost on the open end and the queen was flung under the freezer, which I nearly broke trying to get her out. only two brood suvived the fall which were luckly being held by the workers when I dropped them. Since I had no other test tubes I had to put them directly into the slimline ant farm, which meant picking up the workers and remaining brood with a bamboo skewer. No casulties yet. |
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 12, 2011 12:45:44 GMT
I don't know Maybe some other brood suvived ther just on the floor some where. some good news though there digging against the glass/plastic |
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 12, 2011 16:14:50 GMT
They have been very busy since I last updated as there are now two nest entrances and three workers out carring sand, but they are staying away from the fly I gave them. Prefering to make sure somethings definitely dead before exploring it. ;D
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 12, 2011 18:43:19 GMT
Finally they have eaten the fly I'm so relieved it's the first bit of meat they've eaten. The two small larvae must be having a field day. ;D
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 13, 2011 11:08:39 GMT
Today there are around 5 nest entrances but one of them is just a large nest entrance which has been partly blocked up to create 2 smaller nest entrances. They have been very adventurous as I found one worker wandering back up the tube which connects the nest to the foraging box. No escapes yet. ;D They have become much bolder since they were in the test tube they must like it better. If I give them aphids they will die because there's no plants but when they die will the flavus eat them. |
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Post by myrmica4ever on Aug 13, 2011 12:21:13 GMT
I'll give it a go but not untill tomorrow or maybe next week because there are no aphids in my garden but there are some on my dad's allotment, along with multiple Lasius niger nests (one of them is in a compost bin  ) we go every week usually on Sundays so I will tell you how it works out. ;D |
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