Very odd Lasius niger behavoir

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Very odd Lasius niger behavoir

Beitragvon Jamcom » 2. Apr 2009 21:56

as you no the queen died, i put the workers in the ant far mto begin digging tunnals for my next colony and let them die out. but i have found a big batch of like larva/brood the workers must be laying eggs, and are not eating them i have seen them feeding them etc there is around 10-12 of them :D, any ideas?
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Re: VERY odd lasius niger behavoir

Beitragvon Zagone » 3. Apr 2009 00:21

If there's larvae it's probably from the queen befor she died.

Even though L. niger workers ahve been known to lay eggs in rare occasions these usually never develope into larvae and later ants. If they do, they'd jsut become males anyway.
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Re: VERY odd lasius niger behavoir

Beitragvon hador » 3. Apr 2009 14:21

just look how they develop. if they do belong to the queen, they'll probably die out anyway. :hang:
I would'nt worry to much about them.
even if they do hatch they wont survive very long without a queen (the new colony would probably adopt the larvae and the workers)
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Re: VERY odd lasius niger behavoir

Beitragvon Jamcom » 3. Apr 2009 14:48

kk :D i knew about the male part but its odd still to me cus there was no eggs im 90% sure and if there was no wear near that many
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