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Post by Jenny on Jul 17, 2014 19:46:25 GMT
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shane
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Post by shane on Jul 17, 2014 19:47:32 GMT
what do Lasius flavus queens look like Jen, All I could find was Lasius niger all over even in small medows A lot smaller than niger queens, and thinner. They are golden to like a darkish brown in the sunlight. Always fly late evening as they have this evening. I see thanks on photos I try and look up they look very much like niger flavus queens, so was wondering how I could tell them apart, Thanks so they smaller
PS: thanks for link too. Don't think theres any around where I live.
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Post by shane on Jul 17, 2014 19:52:02 GMT
Grats on video
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jul 17, 2014 20:02:02 GMT
Jen, If you collect Lasius flavus, how much will you be selling them for? As this species sells for more than Lasius niger, I will ask just a bit more. The price will be £7 for 2 queens including P&P. Flavus do better kept in multiple queen foundations as they are far more peaceful and may even be borderline polygyn, unlike niger which will only accept 1 dominant queen after the initial stage. Of course you can split up the queens later and share what brood they have equally.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jul 18, 2014 10:52:02 GMT
Nice how you filmed the male copulating with the female on your video. We had a lot of this going on yesterday from the Lasius flavus nests, as around 7 pm there were hundreds of females removing their wings. Sadly many were eaten by birds and spiders, but a lot were in the lawn in front of our flat. This morning not a single queen to be seen, but with two heavy thunder storms last night there may still be some nests yet to fly?
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Post by fazer1 on Jul 18, 2014 17:41:15 GMT
I went out my back to take a look today and I've spotted many new holes to which queens have dug and many queens still roaming. Also have spotted a few nests dragging some male alates back to the nest. I did capture something cool too a normal ant gripping onto the queens leg.
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