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[JimmyVe]

than it was my mistake i learn every day. I know rather much about Formica fusca but this i did not knew... damn.

[ant dude]

yeah, normoly fusca can have at the most around 5 queens but u can have more but generally give or take its nomoly about 5 is maxermim for them

looks like its going to Camponotus ligniperda* or Myrmica rubra*at the moment on the voting poll

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jimmyve im very surprised u did not know this about formica fusca very:grin:

[ant dude]

skippy,i dont mean to sound fussy but i have lasuis everywhere where i live from top to bottom, and they have never have really been my favourite species they r alrite though.they r one of the easiest species to keep in captivity (so i hear) but i dont fancy this species yet nor phiodole pallidula cos for one i already own a colony
there is one formica species i rather like formica sanguinea but what du u mean when u said they need lots of care?
if they need fusca slaves i can go down my local forest and get some of there eggs.dont worry i wont go mad with this ill just take try an take round about a quatre of there eggs cos ayyyy a colony gotta survive.

but thats if i get them. some time within the next 5 years i hope to get a colony of this species so i would like to know what there like so is there any chance someone can help me with some tips and expirence........please anyone?

[JimmyVe]

hm... that was in deed a mistake to make (from me)

I also keep Formica sanguinea and like Skippy said, they need more care than other ants. They 'need' slaves but you have to give them cocoons no eggs. They are harder to keep than Camponotus ligniperda ore Myrmica rubra.

[ant dude]

thanks jimmy,but i already know they had to be cocoons and not eggs

what makes this species so "hard" to keep? from what i hear at the moment they seem not to hard............although i cannot find much info on them

thank u jimmy what would our forum ever do without the famous jimmyve

[JimmyVe]

Well once they you have a small colony it is easier. But first they need to start up a colony and that is the hard part. You need to give them much cocoons to start with. If this fails you have no colony and they queen will die soon. Also later on, the workers can carry for there selfs they do not really need slaves but it better they have slaves, to do the work in the nest area. (some species with slaves, need slaves to survive.)

thank u jimmy what would our forum ever do without the famous jimmyve

thanks, hehe. I just spend a lot of time here that is why i'm a "profi". There is a lot that i do not know about ants i'm not a expert, i just have much species and i use my experience to help other keepers.

[Skippy]

thanks, hehe. I just spend a lot of time here that is why i'm a "profi". There is a lot that i do not know about ants i'm not a expert, i just have much species and i use my experience to help other keepers.

me too

some species with slaves, need slaves to survive

for example European Polyergus rufescens

[ant dude]

ok thanks again

im thinking of starting a new toopic in the offtopic part of the forum.im planning to be a voting poll like this one, but asking what age did u start keeping ants on and the first species u ever kept and what wer they like for u. du u people think this is ok to do i want to do this just to see if people started quite young or something because ive got a feeling most of us started young keeping ants!

let me know (people of the forum) if u think this is an ok idea or not please

[miszt]

mayb you should do a poll to see if its ok to do a new poll about peoples age?

sorry being silly

i had my first colony at 12, and it was a dismil failure lol

[ant dude]

miszt du u think it will be alrite to du

i think it will be ok but du u people think it will? and will many people reply to the poll if i wer to set this new topic up?

come on people of da forum..................please

lol, save it for the possible new topic please

[damondeionno]

JimmyV - Formica fusca can have more than one queen in a colony. I have seen polygynous colonies many times.

I disagree with some of the posters on here. I think Pheidole pallidula are an easy ant to keep, and I think would suit your desires for ants that work together and are active. They are easy to keep in a basin nest, so you probably won't see as much of their behaviour underground, but their activities on the surface more than make up for this in my opinion. The only problem is escaping and this is something you need to think about hard in advance. I don't see why someone who is 13 would have trouble with this as long as they thought about it, made a plan and perhaps showed the result to some experienced keepers on the forum.

My most successful formicarium for this species was a large fishbowl, perhaps 70 cm in diameter. I constructed a tightly fitting lid - you would probably need adult help with this, and as a precaution you could put the whole bowl in a shallow water basin. Cut a small circular hole in the lid and use a fine steel mesh gauze to cover it. - this needs to be very fine (to stop the ants escaping) to allow some sort of ventilation - though these ants like some humidity. Also use ptfe near the top of the bowl, to discourage the ants from even going near the lid.

[JimmyVe]

JimmyV - Formica fusca can have more than one queen in a colony. I have seen polygynous colonies many times.

I know now

I never told him they where to difficult to keep, but like you said yourself, they love to escape and that makes them difficult.

[ant dude]

i have a name jimmyve lol remember it alex real name $witch rap name or ant name ant dude

nice to know d

[JimmyVe]

i have a name jimmyve lol remember it alex real name $witch rap name or ant name ant dude

nice to know d

Yes sorry your a wright
(in my defence, i read so much discussions that i'm not always sure who started it and i forget the name... )

[ant dude]

right everyone i'm getting some Camponotus ligniperda.......just ordered some by the way from antstore hope they arrive soon

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