ANTSTORE World of Ants

[JimmyVe]

M'n eerste zelf gevangen koniginen.

[JimmyVe]

foto's

[JimmyVe]

kolonie in winterslaap.

[JimmyVe]

Nog wat fototjes

Nog steeds in winterslaap, je ziet op één foto duidelijke de larven die mee overwinteren.

[JimmyVe]

Heel mooie foto's, vind ik zelf.

[JimmyVe]

Een hele boel cocons.

[Skippy]

Nice L. niger colony. My colony from last year swarm time is a bit smaller like this colony on the photos. It have queen + 24 soldiers now

[JimmyVe]

This colony is growing very fast. And looks like they are going to be a bit bigger shone.

[Skippy]

Yes ,but it is now too small. When it feed queen , itbe of long duration still now.

[Scooby]

Hy Skippy!

Lasius niger has no soldiers. There is a queen and the workers.
All ants of the kind: "Lasius" don't have any soldiers. The only kind of ants of Europe, which has a so called caste of soldiers is:
- Pheidole pallidula
- Camponotus truncatus

Best wishes

Scooby

[JimmyVe]

Your wright scooby,
I must say there are more European ants that have soldiers like Messor barbarus from south Europe and a lot more Messor species and Camponotus species.
I must say they are not so big like the nice exotic species.

[JimmyVe]

Hier zie je ze snoepen van het net bijgevulde suiker/water.

[Sam]

They always look good lined up when feeding. What size arena are they in Jimmy?

[Skippy]

One photo of my Lasius niger queens ,out of theme

[Sam]

She is a fat cow, looks ready to burst.
I'm sure there are lots of male ants who would find her very attractive, lol.