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ratgreen: Pale worker (18. Dez 2007 19:39)

i know this has nothing to do with hibernation but my new lasius flavus colony has a really pale worker that i think is dead, it is the first worker for this colony and i am really worried its dead. how long does it take to wake up

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Moved to a new topic. ;)

JimmyVe: (18. Dez 2007 20:09)

If he is dead your ants will take it out and put it on the trash pile. (ore somewhere in the out world) How long do you have this colony, like you said its your first dead.
Did you removed the 'dead' worker and put it in a warmer place ?

mpir: (18. Dez 2007 20:36)

Are you sure it's not just a pupae? In many species, when a new worker is born it takes a few days to get to normal color.

Sphecomyrmex: (18. Dez 2007 20:52)

Yes, the young nymphs, who stir few, are paler than the adult workers.

ratgreen: (18. Dez 2007 22:26)

er its my first worker at all so atm its just the queen taking care for the eggs and larve ect so they are still in test tube

ratgreen: (18. Dez 2007 22:33)

...i am not to sure if its in pupae stage and i done my reasearch but i still dont know so this is why i ask, also thanks for making it a new post who ever :)

Sphecomyrmex: (18. Dez 2007 23:22)

If it's are your first workers, it's probably they are young nynphs :wink:

JimmyVe: (18. Dez 2007 23:58)

In deed, you need to give us all the information you have got. If it is your first worker it is probably normal. When did the worker hatch and is the queen/colony in hibernation now ?

(btw: i made a new topic of it. ;) )

tail__: (19. Dez 2007 12:24)

Every new ants are pale, it takes sometimes several hours for an ant to wake after pulling from cocoon. Sometimes the first pupae don't make cocoons, or the queen for some reason eats fresh cocoon when it is made, so the pupa develops naked. My L. niger queen did so sometimes. So maybe your worker is still not developed and it will take several days for it to wake. But it's alive, otherwise it would be either eaten or taken out.

ratgreen: (19. Dez 2007 18:01)

er it is not in hibernation and i am not sure when the worker hatched for sure, but around 3-5 days ago


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