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#1 Offline Anthony - Posted March 13 2014 - 7:02 PM

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I caught this queen end of june 2013 in Estes park Colorado. After over wintering alone she laid eggs two weeks ago.
She now has one pupae and one larave and a pile of eggs

#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted March 14 2014 - 5:38 AM

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Looks like you have a nice colony on the way. :)



#3 Offline Crystals - Posted March 14 2014 - 8:38 AM

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Nice.  :D

I have a couple test tubes of those.  Mine also waited until after hibernation to lay eggs.

 

I find the queens will accept a drop or two of hummingbird nectar every other week or so.  I put mine on tinfoil to avoid messes.

 

Wait until you see how small the nanitics are.  :D


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#4 Offline Matt - Posted March 14 2014 - 2:46 PM

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Interesting. Those I found in July 2013 laid eggs almost immediately. And the first workers came few weeks later.



#5 Offline Anthony - Posted March 14 2014 - 5:26 PM

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And today I looked and my lasius neoniger laid eggs as well

#6 Offline Anthony - Posted April 2 2014 - 11:17 PM

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My lasius sp in a test tube has 1 cocoon pupae 1 naked pupae 6 larave and a pile of eggs she is doing great

#7 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 3 2014 - 5:18 AM

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Most of my Formicinae have a mix of cocooned and naked pupae as well.



#8 Offline Anthony - Posted May 8 2014 - 5:20 PM

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She now has 2 nanitic and 10 pupae she's doing amazing




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