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Post by Wood~Ant on Jun 30, 2015 17:01:20 GMT
Any comments or question about all my Myrmica species can be placed here.
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Post by Zarbi on Aug 20, 2015 14:11:54 GMT
Nice to hear the Tartan Army has 5 queens, as if they were mated this year it will mean they will keep this colony going for several years more, and maybe next year it might produce more with luck.  |
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Post by TenebrousNova on Apr 23, 2020 22:43:41 GMT
That's a very nice Myrmica colony and tons of workers for the price. I'm very tempted indeed, since I too have some empty nests. I'd never heard of that site before now.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 24, 2020 7:02:36 GMT
That's a very nice Myrmica colony and tons of workers for the price. I'm very tempted indeed, since I too have some empty nests. I'd never heard of that site before now. Very well packaged and fast delivery, as they were posted on Monday and got here on Thursday just 3 days later. I can recommend Ants HQ for good quality ants. |
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Post by Camponotus7 on Apr 25, 2020 8:37:09 GMT
Beautiful colony, I read somewhere on your website that this was the first ant species you kept when you were 13.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 25, 2020 9:41:47 GMT
Beautiful colony, I read somewhere on your website that this was the first ant species you kept when you were 13. Yes, they were the very first ant species I started to keep. |
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Post by TenebrousNova on May 24, 2020 19:01:59 GMT
It looks like you have alate larvae in your 4 queen colony.
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Post by Wood~Ant on May 25, 2020 7:57:27 GMT
It looks like you have alate larvae in your 4 queen colony. To be honest I can't say that I noticed. This is often the case with my videos, other people see things that I don't. Thanks for spotting it TenebrousNova |
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Post by messorlee on May 30, 2020 9:15:17 GMT
Regarding your rugidonis 4 queen colony...
Do you think it's maybe because the nest it's in is on the small size?
Or maybe because it's a old nest used for a different species before?
These are only speculations as I haven't got a clue about this species...
I truly hope your luck changes soon as I only seem to be reading negative posts fr you just lately.
ML
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Post by Wood~Ant on May 30, 2020 11:02:36 GMT
The nest is really big enough, and this species is quite aggressive. It's not unusual for workers to bully queens who have wandered outside the nest, as it's their way of telling the queen she isn't safe.
The nest has been thoroughly cleaned so it doesn't smell of the ants that lived in it previously.
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Post by messorlee on May 30, 2020 11:12:19 GMT
Is this something this species do before the new queen's and alates are hatched?
As I read they sometimes brake new queen's on from their own nests?
ML
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Post by Wood~Ant on May 30, 2020 12:55:43 GMT
Is this something this species do before the new queen's and alates are hatched? As I read they sometimes brake new queen's on from their own nests? ML Not really, as I've found Myrmica rubra queens outside wild nests with foraging workers. |
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