Much ado about the founding of Lasius temporary social parasites

[Batspiderfish]

I wrote this guide to help out people who are inexperienced with raising social parasties, but sadly this forum restricts editing and limits the length of posts, so I've had to put it only on Formiculture:

http://www.formiculture.com/topic/3252-much-ado-about-the-founding-of-lasius-temporary-social-parasites/

I've been working on this for the past week, and while I don't consider it finished yet, I've been really impatient to get it out there. Much of my knowledge of social parasites is anecdotal, but I have still guided quite a few people through the founding stages of these ants. I wanted something I could just point to whenever somebody finds a parasitic Lasius queen. A lot of this writing has been recycled from earlier work, with some of the minor anthropamorphizations removed.

It will always be a work in progress, so let me know if you notice any errors or if you feel you can help enhance what we know about founding strategies for social parasites. While some of this information is currently lacking necessary citation, a lot of it has been picked up over the years from the personal accounts of many individuals. I will hopefully make this less of a glaring issue in due time. Thank you for bearing with me, and thank you for sharing all your experiences with these ants.

[Batspiderfish]

Awesome!!! U r a really awesome ant keeper with tons of knowledge thx for sharing with us!!!

Thanks!

I've been learning about social parasites since my first colony ever, five or so years ago, Lasius umbratus.

[AntsRule]

This will help a lot! Thanks!