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hey do L. Flavus colonies stay polygenus? asking because i found 4 queens no joke 2 were together and 2 were single but i put all 4 of them together and now they wont leave eachothers sides there is only 1 worker that i found and its only about 1mm in length i am guessing that these are starting colonies but i am not for sure but the larva that are with them are also only 1mm long there were no other L. Flavus ants in the area so did i find a founding colony? and do they stay poloygenus and if i put those 4 queens in with another L. Flavus colony will that colony accept them? or if i put them with another starting colony that i have (no workers yet just 1 queen) will the 1 queen take well to the other 4? i have noidea what to do i dont want through the 4 new queens out but i relly have no space for them except were i alredy have a colony and also were i have a starting one plz help!!!!!!!
p.s. thank you ppl for answereing my endless ammount of questions :)
Lasius flavus aren't so small :| You must have found something else...
like i said i think it is a starting colony because i know the queen is L. Flavus and the worker is a mini L. Flavus worker but if i am not mistaken arnt the very first workers a queen has relly small compaired to the 100th or so worker
1st Gen Lasius flavus workers are very tiny
It is possible that they are poly, but its only really been seen in cooperating mature colonies, see the link i posted a few days ago
as of right now the 4 queens are cooperating completly (even looks like they are aeither feeding or cleaning oneanother) so what should i do with them like i said they are not fighting and they as well as the little worker are taking care of the larva i have them in a test-tubeish envermont oh and would a pre-killed worm work as a sorce of protein?
We still don't know the species, maybe if you can post some (good) pictures. As long if they look happy, not killing each other, you could keep them in the same nest. Bet keep an eye on them. ;)
well how do u get a good pic my camra just gets relly fuzzy ones
use a magnifying glass, that works with mine but of course itl be no where near macro shots but good enough for a start to identify species
ok so how do u get them out of there hole? (moved the queens from test tubeish envirment to a new one they just could not get confterible in there)
you dont, you leave them to move when they are ready to move, you can help them by creating a nest which is suitable for them
think about it, if they cant find somewhere better to nest, there must be something not quite right with your setup, so work on that, check things like damp/humidity, tempreture, darkness inside the nest, etc
sometimes you just have to wait, n wait a bit more....Ants are not a good hobby for impatient people lol