adam james: adding pupae (10. Feb 2006 20:56)

HI to all ive got a question when i have had new queens in the past of lasius niger or flavis from the mating flight ive let them start laying. Ive then added pupae to them from other colonys even from diffrent types etc(lasius niger pupae to L flavis or L flav to L niger)and they have accepted the pupae and the workers when hatched have careed and looked after the queen and larva.I have added a couple of lasius niger pupae to my camponotus herculeanus queen and shes took them and put them with her larva and cleans them.WILL THEY HELP HER WHEN THEY HATCH OR SHOULD I REMOVE THEM :?: :?: :?: :?: thankyou.ADAM

Dies Irae: (11. Feb 2006 21:26)

Thats somewhat of an experiment! Let me know, what happens!

I guess, if they dont help the queen, she'll eat them. So they are of some good anyway...

adam james: (12. Feb 2006 14:06)

thanks ill tell you what happens

needforfreedom: (25. Aug 2006 20:05)

Let me know too! Sounds intreasting. I would have imagined that as they are different breeds altogether she would have eaten the eggs right away. But it just shows what I know!!! lol

HeldGoP: (25. Aug 2006 23:12)

some pics:

http://www.heldhome.de/ants/Lasius/komisches%20paar/

needforfreedom: (25. Aug 2006 23:22)

some of those pictures are amazing how do you get the larve out in the open like that?

HeldGoP: (26. Aug 2006 08:14)

what do you mean with " out in the open", could you express it in another way?

greetings

JimmyVe: (28. Aug 2006 17:20)

they are in a (test)tube, so you can easily see them. (i think that's what he means) ;)

Great pictures.

LeonofLondon: (29. Aug 2006 17:56)

I have even herd of and seen pics on another ant forum of a guy putting Messor barbarus pupae in with a Lasius niger queen and been successful, as Camponotus and Lasius are both Formicinae I think it will work.
http://queenant.proboards82.com/index.cgi?board=photos&action=display&thread=1156688920&page=1