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Lasius Brood Not developing

Started By WSantkeeper , Mar 30 2021 11:25 AM
lasius sp 7 months

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#1 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted March 30 2021 - 11:25 AM

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My Lasius queen, which has been caught around 7-8 months ago still is at the brood stage. What's more strange to me is that the brood have been brood for about 6-7 months. Although I don't see these ants foraging these days, I do see native ants forage. 

 

Why is she at the brood stage? Its been quite a while. And what can I help her with? I check her every month, and besides from the fact that the test tubes a little moldy, their doesn't appear to be a problem.  


Queens I keep:

 

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

 

 

#2 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted March 30 2021 - 11:29 AM

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did you ever hibernate them? it sounds like they're waiting for it to get cold before resuming development, as is normal in Lasius.


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#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 30 2021 - 11:37 AM

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I had a winged L. neoniger queen last year that had eggs for almost five months with no development. I concluded she was unmated and gave up on her.
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#4 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted March 30 2021 - 11:53 AM

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Yes, I did hibernate them in my garage until native ants started coming out. 


Queens I keep:

 

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

 

 

#5 Offline ZTYguy - Posted March 30 2021 - 12:17 PM

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Well if you haven’t seen those ants then maybe they have a longer period of dormancy.


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#6 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted March 30 2021 - 3:21 PM

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Actually, scratch that. I saw the same Lasius foraging today. I was just too lazy to check the past few days. Oops....  :D  


Queens I keep:

 

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

 

 

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