Lasuis neoniger
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Lasuis neoniger
Hi I just caught two lasuis queens about 2 weeks ago and they haven't laid a egg. I was wondering if it was because they are going hibernation or something else. I live in California and it only gets about 70 to 80 sometimes maybe 65 but we're nearing winter.
Re: Lasuis neoniger
Some of my queens are waiting for next year , But are you positive your queens are L. Neoniger?
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Re: Lasuis neoniger
lasius neoniger does not lay eggs until after hibernation
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: Lasuis neoniger
try to put queens for hibernation (~2 months in fridge)
Re: Lasuis neoniger
I think they're lasuis because one still has their wing and another one dealated but to be honest I'm not sure . My queen with wings isn't very active and my dealated queen moves around a lot . I just put my queens in the fridge and getting them ready for their long hibernation but will they starve to death while they're hibernating?
Re: Lasuis neoniger
Just make sure they are in a test tube and have water. They don't need any food but water is mandatory.
Also don't freeze them, less than 10°C is bad (although I think Lasius can survive down to 5°C you probably shouldn't try to push it).
My Solenopsis fugax queens actually entered hibernation at room temperature (about 20°C, cause the entire house where I live has not a single cold room and I can't put the fridge to lowest level - I'm gonna find them a cold spot next year but this year they need to get through winter that way).
Also don't freeze them, less than 10°C is bad (although I think Lasius can survive down to 5°C you probably shouldn't try to push it).
My Solenopsis fugax queens actually entered hibernation at room temperature (about 20°C, cause the entire house where I live has not a single cold room and I can't put the fridge to lowest level - I'm gonna find them a cold spot next year but this year they need to get through winter that way).
Re: Lasuis neoniger
When will I have to take them out and are they suppose to look dead abut by like not moving or flickering?
Re: Lasuis neoniger
Thank u seraphine for telling me how low their suppose to be in (their temperature) because. If you didn't my queens might have died they were set to 3 degrees Celsius. Also the queens are moving now
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