Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
Powered by phpBB Social Network © phpBB SN Group
Deutsche Übersetzung durch phpBB.de
Time : 0.028s | 44 Queries | GZIP : On
Formica fusca 9 queens :D
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/P4180615-1.jpg
[ http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/P4180616-1-1.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/P4180621-1.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/P4180612-1.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/P4180614-1.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/P4180617-1.jpg
Very nice colony of Formica fusca ! :)
Formica sanguinea don't need slaves but if you only have queens it is much easier if they have a few slaves to help them getting started.
What is a paper towel ? :)
http://images.containerstore.com/MEDIA/ProductCatalog/83738/QuickLoadPaperTowelHldr_l.jpg
not toilet paper :)
I've just been looking at some pics of Formica fusca and I don't think that these are fusca after comparing them with wild specimens I found in a local forest. Aren't Formica fusca a bit shiny? These ants are just grey and black and not at all shiny.
F.sanguinea need slaves.
JimmyVe - could you give more info?
one of my queens died... but at least other queen is very active
F.sanguinea need slaves.
JimmyVe - could you give more info?
Well all info i can give you on this species, if you have a single queen you better give them some cocoons from Formica fusca that way you have more change of getting a colony. It also better to give them slaves after she has workers on there own, because they do most of the work in the nest area. But it is possible to have a bigger colony without slaves of this species.
And how do you diffuse the flash with a paper towel ? ;)
Ok, bigger colony will be able to live without slaves, but at first F.sanguinea queens need slaves to help start that colony. I had few and without slaves they didn't bother to lay eggs. And i had them like that for about month, and they were hunting for small bugs and eating honey etc. alone. Few days after haching of the first slaves they lied their own eggs. Conclusion: F.sanguinea do need slaves. :)
how do you diffuse the flash with a paper towel ? ;)
You fold it to the right size and hold it in front of the flash so that the light bounces of the paper towel onto the ant :wink: .
It is know they can start up a colony without slaves but it is much better to give them slaves. Like you're story, you have much more change on getting a colony if you give them slaves.
@Phasmid: Ah, okay i think now i understand. (any pictures of how you do it :) )