ANTSTORE World of Ants

[moxi93]

1.got a colony of ligniperda (4 workers and some brood). how long till i get my first major(roughly)?
2.ideal temperature for them to grow?

[Kale^^]

1. About 30-50 workers.
2. ~25Celsius

[moxi93]

ok thanks a lot. man these ants are going to take a long time to reach 50 workers:S.

[JimmyVe]

Yes they will. The colony grows very slow. So you need to have much patience with them. Good luck.

[Kale^^]

It takes Herculeanus and Ligniperda about 2 years from queen to get 50 workers. Depends a lot from temperature and feed too.

[moxi93]

it cant take 2 years to get 50 workers! i mean seriously i doont think it takes so long...
how often does ligniperda queen lay eggs? and how long does it take from egg to worker???

thanks
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dan

[JimmyVe]

it could take up to 2 months or more, from egg to worker. If the colony grows well, yes it will take 2 years. If they grow slow it can even takes longer.

[Kale^^]

2 month from egg to worker is WAY out. Its like 6-12 months (not including hibernation)

[moxi93]

i underestand that it can take 2 years for the colony to grow ,maybe for like 170 workers but not a miserable amount of 50 workers. what so it takes likes 100 years for a colony to grow to the limit lol?

ive seen pictures that the queen lays like 30 eggs like in the first or second month and if it takes 2 months from egg to worker that would make a total oflike 4months not 2 years isnt that true?

anyway if what you say is true has anyone got brood to sell of ligni to boost them? ireally want some

thanks

PS: what can i do so they grow faster (food, temp etc)?

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dan

[JimmyVe]

PS: what can i do so they grow faster (food, temp etc)?

Just keep them at the wright temperature and give them good food. Let them grow natural, don't boost them ! If you like keeping ants you need patience ! These ants grow slow, if you first do a research before you buy them you would know that already, if you like a species that grows much faster you should have take another one.

[moxi93]

ok thanks il do that. i put the a heat mat half way up the tube at 27c is that ok?

PS: its just that i get annyoed when people dont know what they are talking about(12 months for a egg!thats just stupid/)

[Kale^^]

Lol 2 months from egg to worker, no way. Maybe with huge temperatures and miniworkers. Too big temp makes them live faster but shorter. 6-12 months is actually not so bad estimate with normal temperatures.

And moxi, you should understand that a major worker might take twice as long to develop as a normal worker..

[moxi93]

is 26 celcius good for em?

[Kale^^]

Yes, 20-25 celsius is for most central and nort european species, and 25-30 for southern european.

[greg4000]

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