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- Sun Oct 07, 2018 2:30 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Queen ID, caught in London ON October 6
- Replies: 4
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Re: Queen ID, caught in London ON October 6
Parasitic Lasius sp. Oh... does that mean I wont be able to make a colony with them? She'll need about 5-12 pupae from a host colony and at least one callow worker in order to start of the colony. Thanks for taking the time to help me out man. Maybe next year Ill have my Lasius Americanus colony bi...
- Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:52 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Queen ID, caught in London ON October 6
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2814
Re: Queen ID, caught in London ON October 6
Oh... does that mean I wont be able to make a colony with them?
- Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:14 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Queen ID, caught in London ON October 6
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2814
Queen ID, caught in London ON October 6
Hi guys, I caught 2 queens (at least I think so, these are the first ones I have ever found) one with her wings and one without. I tried finding out what species they are, and If I had to guess I would say Myrmica, but I would like to know if you guys can help me be sure. I have no easy way to measu...
- Tue Oct 02, 2018 10:26 am
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: New Antkeeper questions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2545
Re: New Antkeeper questions
Typicaly you would wait till around 25 workers or so to ever move a colony from one test tube to another. 12 is is very small to put into a large nest. But yes, you could still do it. Thank you. I just want to make sure it wont be detrimental to them in some way to have more real estate on this poi...
- Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:47 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: New Antkeeper questions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2545
New Antkeeper questions
Hi everyone, I got myself a Lasius Americanus queen with around 12 workers, and I would like to know if it would be unsafe to move them from their test tube to an actual formicarium I have purchased from AntsCanada. I want to do this because Im getting worried about how clean the test tube is, as I ...