asiletto: Re: A newbie needs help... (22. Jun 2013 14:34)

Hello,

I think Lasius niger do not strictly need hibernation like some other species. From my small experience I don't have noticed many differences in keeping L. niger and L. emarginatus.

That isn't correct! Of course - Lasius niger and Lasius emarginatus need hibernation.
Look here:

http://www.antstore.net/shop/product_info.php?language=en&gm_boosted_product=Lasius-emarginatus&Ameisen-und-Wirbellose=Ameisen-aus-Suedeuropa&Lasius-emarginatus_html=&products_id=1693&

http://www.antstore.net/shop/ants-and-invertebrates/Ants-from-Central-Europe/Lasius-niger--Black-Garden-Ant-.html

Greetings

Yes on the shop they say they should hibernate, and in nature they do hibernate. But it is a species that do not need hibernation unlike Camponotus ligniperda or Myrmica rubra for example. I have seen colonies living inside heated houses and the colony I have never hibernate, and they look healthy.

luciduci: Re: A newbie needs help... (22. Jun 2013 16:19)

Ok so I am now planning to buy:

Lasius n iger queen with 11- 25 workers
http://www.antstore.net/shop/product_info.php?info=p365{2}11_lasius-niger--black-garden-ant-.html&no_boost=1

Ytonggnest Premium
http://www.antstore.net/shop/antfarms---nests/nests/beton-nests/Ytongnest---Premium-25x25x5.html

Do I need anything more? Can I connect the formicarium to another one if I would like to? (I couldn´t see or read anything about it but I just want to check.)

EDIT: I am also buying some test tubes. I will maybe need them some time. :)
-Luciduci

sinred: Re: A newbie needs help... (7. Jul 2013 09:38)

Hello ant lovers!

I would like to ask you to help me to find a good species for me. I want to keep them to help me clean off animal bones. I live in Europe so I would like to choose what lives here by default.

Thank you for your answers.

asiletto: Re: A newbie needs help... (7. Jul 2013 10:25)

Hello ant lovers!

I would like to ask you to help me to find a good species for me. I want to keep them to help me clean off animal bones. I live in Europe so I would like to choose what lives here by default.

Thank you for your answers.

you want to clean animal bones? :shock: maybe the best specie is not an ant but dermestid beetles

sinred: Re: A newbie needs help... (7. Jul 2013 20:18)

Hello ant lovers!

I would like to ask you to help me to find a good species for me. I want to keep them to help me clean off animal bones. I live in Europe so I would like to choose what lives here by default.

Thank you for your answers.

you want to clean animal bones? :shock: maybe the best specie is not an ant but dermestid beetles

Thanks for the answer.
The ants looks more fun to have than those bugs and that's why I would like to have them more than the dermestid beetles.

asiletto: Re: A newbie needs help... (7. Jul 2013 20:52)

I can think to Iridomyrmex purpureus which can maybe be suited for your needs. And I've seen a video of Solenopsis geminata with some chicken carcass in the nest.

luciduci: Re: A newbie needs help... (12. Jul 2013 22:21)

I am new here and I dont have a clue. (It sounds a bit like that you are a murdurer and you want your ants to clean up after you... I hope that I am not the only one... :grin: )