Journal: Formica spp colony
QUEEN: 10 mm long, black, gaster covered in shiny silver hairs, limbs lighter than body. WORKERS: 4 6 mm long, same coloration and hair as the queen. While size varies between workers composition and...
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Does your ants live in the nest always exposed to light?Is it bad or not?
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Well, yes and no... I have a cover for the nest that I put on irregularly. Normally it goes on if guests are due and I don't want them tapping the glass. Other times I leave it off for days at a...
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i noticed that ants seem very inactive when exposed sunlight sep. carpenter ants. they will gather around brood and queen and can stay still for a whole day. however this way, their rate of...
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I meant to ppost this earlier but forgot until I saw Jonathan's post...I have a square red plastic thing that I am putting over the nest for the queen and some brood to be under at all times. I am...
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I am wondering about something here. The introduced naked pupae were eaten but not the cocoons. What do think is the reason for that?The Omega Ant
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Do you mean that naked pupae are eaten but not those enclosed in cocoons? This would probably be because naked pupae absorb some of the foreign colony odor on their body surface and are more...
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Hello... Been away for a bit but I am back. I have updated the journal above with the winter and early spring action. As for Dr Ants reply, great interpretation. I think I remember counting the...
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Thanks for that Journal...Has given me some great ideas on the best way to document developments, feeding etc... currently I only have a small colony of Lasius Flavus and they came "ready made", so to...
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Jand, thanks and good luck!If you need any advice suggestions for the nest feel free to contact me. You can find my email and more photos of this and other colonies of mine at...
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dgphelps, that was interesting about ants hiding themselves with silk in 07/04/2002 journal. /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host) from The Ant Farm's Message Board.| |. .| | \ _ / The Ant...
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Thanks Antdude.Let us hope they don't do it though. I would hate to come in one day and find they can't be seen. For the time being they are continuing to take it to the waste area. I would be really...
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Yes yes, we all love pictures. Hopefully, they will give us a better understanding of your situation. /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host) from The Ant Farm's Message Board.| |. .| | \ _ / The...
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I think you have a typo in the date: 14/03/2002Also, do ants really eat their own mates (dead of course)? /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host) from The Ant Farm's Message Board.| |. .| | \ _ /...
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Your ants observation is very good.I added your site to the links list of my site.Thank you.
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No thank you Katzita00. On both accounts.-Dphotos of my ants and nests...
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Good observations dgphelps! Good pics also.....uhhh what camera are you using??? and how much was it?~~~Darkwun
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Thanks Darkwun. I am using a webcam that i got for about $100 USD a few years back. It is the standard USB little web cam nothing special. I am sure that newer ones are much better than this. It is...
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This journal is so good I am tempted to return it to Keeping Ants Forum.
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Zanti Agent: But I haven't seen dgphelps for ages! I think we should archive it. /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host) from The Ant Farm's Message Board.| |o o| | \ _ / The Ant Farm:...
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