JimmyVe: (22. Mai 2007 12:08)

Gezellig met zijn allen wat honing drinken. ;)

JimmyVe: (10. Jun 2007 19:12)

Nog wat nieuwe foto's.

A few new pictures.

Skippy: (11. Jun 2007 15:27)

...to Kiam

You see on Photos (Kiam) ,Myrmica rubra is very hungry ant ,and you must to feed them every day ;) - all flyes magots and more insects ,but you must getting it ,when is insect death ,no alive like you doing it Kiam!!!

lol

Skippy

JimmyVe: (11. Jun 2007 17:24)

They are in deed very hungry. ;) This pictures where taking in one feeding time. i give them 3 caterpillar, 1 red runner and 1/2 Dubia, a bit of honey and a bit of sugar water.
Give it to them yesterday and tomorrow i need to feed them again. ;)

Sam: (4. Jul 2007 12:30)

They are very hungry little ladies, how many would you estimate there are in the colony Jimmy?
I would quite like Myrmica rubra for my second colony, but buy them with 50-100 workers as a kick start. :D

JimmyVe: (4. Jul 2007 17:36)

When i received this colony there where about 30 workers in it (i guess) now i think about 250.

Sam: (5. Jul 2007 13:12)

They are eating lots of protein, must be plenty of larva to feed. :eat02:
In your experience would you say Myrmica rubra reproduce quicker, similar or slower than lasius niger in like for like conditions?

JimmyVe: (5. Jul 2007 19:15)

In my experience they grow a little slower. There are in deed much larva. ;)

Sam: (7. Jul 2007 10:55)

Have you filled tablet / pill packets with honey water or do you buy them like that?
They look like quite a good size for the ants to drink from, plus they have a ledge to stand on, have any drowned?

JimmyVe: (8. Jul 2007 10:14)

Hi Sam,
It are just pill packets, empty ones that i fill myself with honey or sugar/water. In deed they are perfect because the ants can stand on the ledge.
This species don't drown in them, they are to big for it. ;) But with some of my smaller species i sometimes find a ants that drowned in it.