ANTSTORE World of Ants

[Antlord]

I was searching the web for some ant pictures and I came across this one of Lasuis umbratus. Is it normal for this species the gaster becomes that big?

[Skippy]

yes, it is able in big colonies , where queen has a big production of eggs ... you can see so big gaster at spring in nest of a lot of ant specie queens. I saw this year big camponotus ligniperda queen with so big gaster and she was about 22-23mm long :O , so it is able and it is food and eggs inside

[SteveUK28]

What a really nice ant.. Where r they from? And is it possible to buy them from somewhere?
Steve

[Gaster]

They live in Europe and as far as I remember also in the US.

[ant dude]

What a really nice ant.. Where r they from? And is it possible to buy them from somewhere?
Steve

i agree really nice ants(btw thanks for sharing it with us ) i too would also like to buy this ant so...

[ashhad1]

wow interesting and amazing and ya can u buy this ant maybe?

[JimmyVe]

Nice big gaster in deed. Typical for queens after hibernation (like Skippy said).
These species are not so very common in Belgium, they live across Europe and maybe if you are lucky you can find one during swarming time.
They look big in this picture but they are the same size as a Lasius flavus.

[Gaster]

I don't know anyone who sells this species. But in summer they are quite easy to find. Sometimes there are lots of queens running arround after flight.
They found parasitically, so you need pupae or young workers of Lasius niger.

[SteveUK28]

hmm perhaps some of our european friends could catch some come spring and sell/trade them to us brits

[ant dude]

hmm perhaps some of our european friends could catch some come spring and sell/trade them to us brits

yeah go on somone please.....i'll pay good amount of cash...and maybe trade or even throw in a spear queen/colony myself with the money inscluded just send me a pm......or dont fogot thses guys too

[Skippy]

This specie live in my garden and I cought 5 young queens. But I had not so much cocoons of lasius in home , and they all died at tommorow morning

[JimmyVe]

Yes don't forget these ants are parasitically (like gaster already said) so it is harder to keep them than a Lasius niger.

[ant dude]

well all i have where i live is lasuis niger where i live!!!so i could get hundreds of eggs lol(well i would only use a few tho, as i dont want to disturb other colonies to much) but anyway they should be fine 4 me so...

[kashmir79]

thats one fat 'Moma' er it looks like the Alien Queen !! freaky

[ant dude]

hey would cocoons from other lasuis species be ok aswell???....i'm assuming yes but can somone help me out ere...

@kashmir79:lol yes she is a bit ''diferntly'' coulred compared to most ants...but still really liking this ant right now, it would be great if some one could sell me some. even if it would be spring/summer that i get 1 it would be well worth the wait (i hope anyway)

has anyone ever succesfully kept them before??? if so please help an giv a bitta info on dem