Egg to Nanitic

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Egg to Nanitic

Post: # 15498Post shaky33
Wed Dec 21, 2016 3:44 am

G'day all.

My 3 prolasius queens laid their eggs around the 27/9 and I was wondering how long it takes for the egg to go to nanitic.

Thank you.
- Rhytidoponera metallica
- Camponotus consobrinus x2
- **** sp.
- Nylanderia sp.
- Melaphorus sp.
- Camponotus cairns
- Crematogaster sp.
- Colobopsis sp.
- Myrmecia nigrocinta
- Iridomyrmex purpureus
- Camponotus eastwoodi
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Re: Egg to Nanitic

Post: # 15500Post Serafine
Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:36 am

Tetramorium takes about 4 weeks, Camponotus about 2 months. Lasius is slightly bigger than Tetramorium, so probably something between 4 and 6 weeks, depending on the temperature within the setup.
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Re: Egg to Nanitic

Post: # 15527Post shaky33
Thu Dec 22, 2016 5:47 pm

Serafine wrote:Tetramorium takes about 4 weeks, Camponotus about 2 months. Lasius is slightly bigger than Tetramorium, so probably something between 4 and 6 weeks, depending on the temperature within the setup.
Well my queens are going onto about 13 weeks. So either i'm wrong about the genus or they are just extremely stubborn.
- Rhytidoponera metallica
- Camponotus consobrinus x2
- **** sp.
- Nylanderia sp.
- Melaphorus sp.
- Camponotus cairns
- Crematogaster sp.
- Colobopsis sp.
- Myrmecia nigrocinta
- Iridomyrmex purpureus
- Camponotus eastwoodi
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Re: Egg to Nanitic

Post: # 15553Post Martialis
Sat Dec 24, 2016 7:17 am

shaky33 wrote:
Serafine wrote:Tetramorium takes about 4 weeks, Camponotus about 2 months. Lasius is slightly bigger than Tetramorium, so probably something between 4 and 6 weeks, depending on the temperature within the setup.
Well my queens are going onto about 13 weeks. So either i'm wrong about the genus or they are just extremely stubborn.
Might be hibernating.. Many species in Australia hibernate, or so I've been told.
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