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I just caught six P.Imparis. I know that they're polygamous and I put three in one tube and 3 in the other, should I put them all together? What temp should I keep them at? How long will it take for them to grow? Also they all have licked the tips of their gasters and I watched all of them mate so I...

JoeHostile1 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:36 am

Does she have workers? Because she doesn’t need or want an outworld before she has any workers that can forage. The outworld could be any size, it doesn’t need to be a certain size.

She doesn’t have workers yet but I need to prepair for them

The first ant queen is most likely a parasitic Lasius queen. Not sure about the others.

I have a Lasius Neoniger queen that has 4 cocoons and I was wondering how big should the outworld be?

Assuming that she is in a test tube setup, you could take an identical test tube with water and attach it using sellotape. This would give the queen more water. Then, the queen needs to be moved to the new test tube with all her brood. This can be done through exposing the old test tube to light an...

Hello, I caught a Lasius Neoniger queen in October and now she has 3 cocoons. But the problem is that her water is running very low. This is my first ant and I do not want to lose her to some water shortage. What do I do? The cocoons look fresh too. How do I get them more water?