ANTSTORE World of Ants

[ford-ute]

i know it will depend in the species of the ant but

how long does it take for a ant to go from being an egg to a walking ant its just it has been three weeks since i have seen my queen because i have a wide soil farm and i have just seen a very small ant about half the size of a normal woker of this species i see in the wild and it is almost white not red and black like other workers and i have read that the first ants hatched are much smaller than normal and that they strat out white

so what do you think could it be my first worker (im sorry i dont know the species i think it is a compontus )

i only found it because it crawled into a seringe i use to water the farm and left it in there

[SteveUK28]

i doubt its ur first worker... all the workers i have had hatch so far this year are the colour they should be.. maybe slightly lighter but def not white.. for my Camp Ligniperda its prob been about 4 weeks now.. im expecting them to hatch anytime now..

[ford-ute]

thanks steve

i found another one last night and it was over the other side of the room so it must be another species

[JimmyVe]

The first workers are in deed smaller, all workers are a little pale when they just hatched. It could take a few days until they are fully colored.

It takes up from 4-8 weeks to hatch from egg to larva, but like you said depending on the species and temperature, humidity, food, etc...
Also, when the colony is small the workers only come out at night to feed, they feel saver at night.

[miszt]

first workers are very small, and often very lightly coloer, however not usually for more than 48hrs, when there normal color will come


can you take a pic of them? we can then work out whether they are the right species to have come from your farm, what species is your queen?

[ford-ute]

I am unable to take a photo because i dont have a camera up here because this colony is where i work not live i work away from home and sleep at accomodation supplied by my employer while im away from home (2000 km away from home)

[JimmyVe]

Damn... So you live there during the week and in weekends you go home ? How do you do that with your ants ? Are they at your work ore at home ? (little off topic... )

Like i said before, keep feeding them and hold on for a few weeks.

[ford-ute]

I have one queen at work and one at home. its alright my wife feed and waters the one at home while im away and the one at work im only away for a few days so if i feed and water them before i go they are alright while im away

[JimmyVe]

Okay now i understand Young colonies (ore queens) can go perfect without food for a few days.

[ford-ute]

thanks but i always leave food and water for them and im back before it has a chance tio go moldy

[ford-ute]

I have just been on this web sit and found the my queen she is the Camponotus spec. (casp0007) if you look at her on the below page she is the 1st ant the red and black on this the queen i now have 3 queen with eggs refered to in my other post Hoooraaayyyy

she a real bute i am also glad to see that they rate her as an easy species to look after

[ford-ute]

Its a shame i cant send them over seas at 119 euros an ant

we just had a large fight in the last week new queens releast every day i recon i could have captured 1000 or more queen of 5 of the different Camponotus on that page and have been made alot of money

but this would have been very bad for the eco system and not right

[SteveUK28]

Well ford how do you think places like Antstore and a other offerer get their ants??
I know for a fact that the other offerer is away right now collection queens.

[mzfckr]

about 2 weeks ago he just arrived from the first collection trip, now again.

[JimmyVe]

@ford-ute: nice, i hope at least one would start of with a nice colony for you. Yes you could make lots of money but like you said it is not right to do so. It still are animals and not money makers ! (btw: try not to post to much messages, you can put all in one, thanks)