Post by keroumnome on Jun 30, 2012 23:39:59 GMT
Hey ant hill!
After a year of visiting this forum, I've decided to start a journal on a recently captured queen (24 June). I'm rather excited to do this, because reading other ant journals is something that I really enjoy, so I hope I'll do a good job and write interesting stuff.
Two things before I start: 1st English is not my first language, I'm portuguese, so I don't promise a perfect writing. 2nd I'm not really sure which species I'm dealing with. Wood~ant told me It looked like It belonged to the genus Lasius, as I suspected. If anyone could help me with that, I'd appreciate
So let's start. I caught my queen in my backyard during a mating flight. As I had a spare formicarium I made last year with my father. As I wanted do be sure that she would move to the sand, I dug a small hole near the place where the plastic tube reaches the wood frame so she would have enough space to settle. I placed her genly on the plastic tube and waited for her to walk to it's end, to the formicarium itself. As far as I can see, she didn't left her little hole, so I assume she must have settled in and started laying eggs. I'll try to include photos and uptade this journal frequently, though if everything goes well I'll not update this for a few weeks, until the first workers emerge.
After a year of visiting this forum, I've decided to start a journal on a recently captured queen (24 June). I'm rather excited to do this, because reading other ant journals is something that I really enjoy, so I hope I'll do a good job and write interesting stuff.
Two things before I start: 1st English is not my first language, I'm portuguese, so I don't promise a perfect writing. 2nd I'm not really sure which species I'm dealing with. Wood~ant told me It looked like It belonged to the genus Lasius, as I suspected. If anyone could help me with that, I'd appreciate
So let's start. I caught my queen in my backyard during a mating flight. As I had a spare formicarium I made last year with my father. As I wanted do be sure that she would move to the sand, I dug a small hole near the place where the plastic tube reaches the wood frame so she would have enough space to settle. I placed her genly on the plastic tube and waited for her to walk to it's end, to the formicarium itself. As far as I can see, she didn't left her little hole, so I assume she must have settled in and started laying eggs. I'll try to include photos and uptade this journal frequently, though if everything goes well I'll not update this for a few weeks, until the first workers emerge.
