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- Thu May 07, 2020 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: Lasius niger advice please
- Replies: 9
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Re: Lasius niger advice please
This would make sense. Poor Antwanette I've been wondering if it would be kinder to bury her tube open ended in the garden...
- Wed May 06, 2020 2:49 am
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: Lasius niger advice please
- Replies: 9
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Re: Lasius niger advice please
I don't know, is that a thing that can happen? She has lost her wings so I thought that meant she was ready...
- Mon May 04, 2020 3:19 am
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: Lasius niger advice please
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6845
Re: Lasius niger advice please
Yes, she is in the dark. I check every 2-3 weeks. We have had a nice warm spell and still nothing.
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:54 am
- Forum: Temporary Placeholder
- Topic: How do I know if eggs are still viable?
- Replies: 4
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Re: How do I know if eggs are still viable?
At the advice of another ant keeper, I used light to move her into a tube with water, they said not to feed her, but just let her sleep til Spring. Would you suggest feeding her? It's a typical British winter, (sometimes you can see your breath inside the house!) probably 4-14 degrees.
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:45 am
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: Lasius niger advice please
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6845
Re: Lasius niger advice please
She has moved her eggs to a new tube with water and another, more experienced, ant keeper has told me they will hatch after Winter. Fingers crossed.
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 5:11 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Please help
- Replies: 6
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Re: Please help
OK, she has moved the eggs to the tube with plenty of water after using the bright light.
Thanks so much for your advice
Thanks so much for your advice
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 5:42 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Please help
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3173
Re: Please help
Yes, they are just tiny eggs still.
I tried sunlight on the old tube but when it didn't work I covered her up again, with the new tube attached hoping she would move towards the water in her own time. I'll try a desk lamp though now, let you know how it goes.
I tried sunlight on the old tube but when it didn't work I covered her up again, with the new tube attached hoping she would move towards the water in her own time. I'll try a desk lamp though now, let you know how it goes.
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 5:58 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Please help
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3173
Re: Please help
Thankyou for your help, that's very reassuring. I will wait another month and then put her somewhere cold to hibernate. (Hopefully by then she will have moved to the tube with water)
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:42 pm
- Forum: Temporary Placeholder
- Topic: How do I know if eggs are still viable?
- Replies: 4
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How do I know if eggs are still viable?
I found a lasius niger queen on the 2nd August and she laid some eggs which still haven't hatched, the water has run out and I don't know what to do. I've tried attaching another tube but she doesn't want to move. She is still standing over her eggs but shouldn't they have hatched by now? I found he...
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:34 pm
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: Lasius niger advice please
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6845
Lasius niger advice please
I found a lasius niger queen on the 2nd August and she laid some eggs which still haven't hatched, the water has run out and I don't know what to do. I've tried attaching another tube but she doesn't want to move. She is still standing over her eggs but shouldn't they have hatched by now? I found he...