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by Ants4fun
Sat Sep 26, 2015 4:10 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: New colony has ants dying.
Replies: 8
Views: 6600

Re: New colony has ants dying.

My ides is diet. Dog food, processed granola bars... I doubt that would be their natural diet. Perhaps it is some chemical that is added to some food...
by Ants4fun
Tue Sep 15, 2015 11:43 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: What other pets do you guys have?
Replies: 34
Views: 15759

Re: What other pets do you guys have?

Mantises are really easy to keep, and extremely low maintainence. Spiny flower mantises in particular, are very pretty, and very cool. I have an adult female. I am hoping on breeding them soon. They also don't need very large cages.
by Ants4fun
Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:57 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: What type of ant is this?
Replies: 22
Views: 10992

Re: What type of ant is this?

Definitely not a Camponotus. Either Argentine ant queen, or some dorymyrmex?
by Ants4fun
Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:55 am
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Lasius Niger
Replies: 4
Views: 2911

Re: Lasius Niger

Lasius Niger will lay eggs, and develop their first workers before hibernation. Unlike Lasius neoniger.
by Ants4fun
Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:51 am
Forum: Temporary Placeholder
Topic: ants diet
Replies: 4
Views: 2985

Re: ants diet

My ants don't eat superworm for whatever reason. They like mealworms, however.
by Ants4fun
Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:49 am
Forum: Temporary Placeholder
Topic: should I feed my newly caught lasius neoniger queen?
Replies: 7
Views: 3730

Re: should I feed my newly caught lasius neoniger queen?

Don't substitute auger water for water in a test tube. It will make it moldy. Plus, she sometimes just needs water.
by Ants4fun
Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:47 am
Forum: Temporary Placeholder
Topic: when should I hibernate my lasius neoniger queen?
Replies: 4
Views: 3437

Re: when should I hibernate my lasius neoniger queen?

Cool, I also live in south dakota! I like to hibernate them earlier, so they can wake up in like December, and get an early start to the year.
by Ants4fun
Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:31 am
Forum: The Ant Graveyard
Topic: Will's Camp. Pennslavanicus and Camp. Noveboracensis
Replies: 33
Views: 21266

Re: Will's Camp. Pennslavanicus and Camp. Noveboracensis

Perhaps some chemicals in the formicarium killed them... Did you use any silicone or anything?
by Ants4fun
Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:27 am
Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
Topic: Parasite Queen?
Replies: 4
Views: 2886

Re: Parasite Queen?

Or Lasius neoniger. Very interesting behavior. Are you sure she wasn't the original founding queen?
by Ants4fun
Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:26 am
Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
Topic: Parasite Queen?
Replies: 4
Views: 2886

Re: Parasite Queen?

That is not a parasitic queen. Looks like possibly Lasius alenius.