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by ProZocK
Sun Oct 07, 2018 2:30 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

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...
by ProZocK
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

TheRealAntMan wrote:
Sat Oct 06, 2018 9:23 pm
Parasitic Lasius sp.
Oh... does that mean I wont be able to make a colony with them?
by ProZocK
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...
by ProZocK
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...
by ProZocK
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 ...