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hi people of the ants t ore forum.
im thinking of getting a colony of Lasius * emarginatus. could sombody prefferebly with expirence of these ants help me please as they look quite a nice species to keep. and i could'nt really find much info on them :!:
1:what is this species like in captivity, in terms of aggresive/non aggresive etc :?:
2: what would u say the colony numbers would normally be in a mature colony :?:
3: what is brood devolopment like, fast/slow or what :?:
4: are they ok to keep in an ant farm :?:
5:or is this species quite the same as lasuis niger in behavier side of things :?:
if any one could get any pics of this species, it would be great so if u got a pic of a colony or somthink i would be very gratefull for some
pictures :!:
please help if u can, with info and pics like i said i would be extremly gratefull!!! thank u in advance to future contrbuters :grin:
sorry as there are quite a few questions.it dosent matter if u know all of them, as long as u could at least answer one question or at least post one picture,thanks again :)
*Edit Antstore - correctur
They will live happily in a farm, afraid I dont know anymore than that, they are European, and they like to farm Aphids :)
If you can get a colony of Aphids going on a miniture rose bush, you should see some nice activity, this is fairly easy to do, although not in winter, just remeber to put plenty of gravel on top of the soil so they wont nest in it, you need at least 1inch/2.5cm, and may also be worth putting some around the base of the pot about the same thickness, otherwise they may get in at the bottom
I'm not sure how big these ants are, but you will probly need a layer of Loam underneath the gravel aswell, a mix of 90/10 loam/sand should make it hard enough
thanks miszt, but where would i get aphids and this minature rose bush? an online shop or somthing,as in spring/summer i never see any aphids in my garden so i wont be able to get them there. and with the rose bush do u think i could get one at BMQ or homebase or somthink like dat? and how should it look like? sorry if last one seems a bit of a stupid question lol :grin:
yeah you can buy miniture rose bushes all over hte place, even supermarkets sell them
goto a local park that has rose bushes and you are sure to find aphids, am sure u'll find some in your garden to, but u may have to hunt around, they are there espcially when the young flowers are growing, before they bloom, they will congregate around the flower heads
sorry miszt,but what sort of time of year/month do that seem to be round the most?as its better to know really,otherwise it limits your chances of seeing them and capturing them even more less likely. so if u could help me with this that would be great thanks again miszt :grin:
summer time, depends on the species of Rose they bloom from Spring (April) until Autum (August-Sept)
You probly dont need to go and look for them, put the miniture rose outside in April, and make sure no one disturbs it, and u'll have plenty within a few weeks :)
Good idea!
I should to make another nest in spring for my lasius niger, therefore I take advantage to also change the forage area putting us the rose bush of it. A suggestion on as to systematize it?
can anybody else help me by posting pics or answers to my questions and that or both!!! please as sombody must keep/know about this ant species musent they.......... i did this post to let people know that i still want help on this species. by the way, fault that ill just let u know as otherwise i might come across a bit rude :)
run a search in http://images.google.co.uk and u'll find sum nice pics :)
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.fourmis.fr/fourmis-fourmilieres/images/lasius_emarginatus.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.fourmis.fr/fourmis-fourmilieres/product_info.php%3Fproducts_id%3D153&h=446&w=576&sz=29&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=LNfa2FRUNW-WNM:&t
look at that link looks like an online french ant shop. only if that site was in english though ](*,) i know bout 'babel fish' by the way but that dosent help really as its a bit dogey. fault ill just let u know . hey if u know french it might be usefull anyway :) hang on u can change to 4 different languages i mght order a colony of lasuis emargitnus from here when i find anouth INFO on them :!: u can order your ants from america sounds good for u.s people on da forum. hmmm i hope it is not a con site.....dont know though wish there was a way of finding out :!: seems to have a forum on there it must be an ok site :? does any one else know bout this site?its got videos of ants and that and u can order big conoys and intresting set-ups and that :D
thanks miszt that helped a bit anyway, well only on the picture side of things.so i still need info so somone please help me on this please. and maybe more pics as there wont really that much but they still were helpful :)