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That is true, they are very slow movers. ;)
They are still in the tube, but i added more tubes to it. They are now in 3 tubes. Soon the colony will be big enough to move to a y-tong nest. If they are in need of space they will move faster. ;)
So the colony is spread over 3 test tubes, I guess the workers just moving the eggs to tube with the most room.
Do you cover the tubes? & have you attached a nest area? pic's? :D
4 weeks for my first lasius to move into their display ain't too bad then.
4weeks are not bad at al. ;)
In deed they are spread out over the 3 tubes, i have covered them. The don't like light in there nest. If the colony is to small they can not keep the y-tong clean, that is one of the mean reasons why i keep them in tubes until the colony has about 100 workers.
I shall try to post some pictures soon.
More pictures would be good. :D
Does it take approx. 1 year for LN colony to reach 100 or so workers, depending on conditions?
That's what I like about Lasius niger. They are tough, hardy and adaptable ants and usually do well in the process of colony rearing from a single queen. Great job on them.
it does take a little while to get that many ants but my queen progressively lays more eggs my queen laid a batch of 20 eggs which some are now workers and others are cocoons and as more workers come more eggs are laid there is now other 50 eggs.
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Nice pictures Jimy! They are wery good feeded... The cocroach, which are they eating is American common roach? Periplaneta americana? Do they like them like food? I know about these roaches, they have somethink like ,,chemic" smelting... Aslo L. niger eat them?
@Sam: this colony is about 1 year old and my guess is that she has about a 100 workers wright now. But this al depends on the weather and the feeding and lot of other stuff. It is possible that you have a colony from 1 year and still only have 20 workers.
@ Bob: That is true, that is why this species i perfect for beginners. ;)
@ Biolog1: Thanks, on this picture they are eating a Red Runner (i'm not sure where they are from, i buy them at my local pet shop) They like them a lot, as a mater affect i give them to all of my species. ;)
How many is in your colony now Jimmy?
I think circa 140-160 ;) ,but I want to see these numbers by Jimmy.