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kashmir79: Aphaenogaster senilis new hatched ones (22. Aug 2007 20:25)

heya, my new Aphaenogaster senilis conoly has settled in really well, and i was looking at them last night and saw 4 new born ants still curled up and i was wondering how long does it take them to start walking on their own etc, theyre stil Ghost White :shock:

regards

Ryan c

sithmaster676: (22. Aug 2007 21:34)

it takes around an hour for them to adapt to the colonies scent and to gain colour after that they should start helping around the nest

kashmir79: (22. Aug 2007 22:22)

hmm they arnt moving, the workers keep moving them around and theyve been unactive for the whole day now :? are they dead ? :cry:

miszt: (22. Aug 2007 22:47)

diffrent ants take diffrent times to start moving about, for eg, Lasius Niger take about 7 days from hatching from the coccon to walking about, dont worry, they will 'come to life' when they are ready, unfortunetly ant colonys take lots of patience, n waiting for weeks n months at a time for things to happen is just the way it is :)