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Kowal's Lasius fuliginosus

Started By Kowal , May 8 2022 8:23 AM
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#41 Offline Stubyvast - Posted July 2 2024 - 3:11 PM

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Wow that difference in gaster size is insane! She's doing good! too bad you couldn't establish a polygynous colony. 


Currently raising: 

Manica invidia (1 queen +  ~30 workers)

Manica invidia (3 colonies, 3 queens plus brood)

Lasius niger (single queen + ~200+ workers)

Lasius americanus (3 colonies, ~5 workers p/colony)

Tetramorium immigrans (1 queen + ~1200 workers)

Tetramorium immigrans (3 colonies, 3 queens)

 

"I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath."

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#42 Offline Kowal - Posted February 1 2025 - 4:01 AM

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Sixth season

 

The colony entered my fridge on 2024.11.17 and left it on 2025.01.26. The queen survived yet another winter. Sorry for poor quality of the photo, but it's one frame from a video - this forum does not natively support imgur, so the whole footage is in the link below. 

 

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https://imgur.com/a/cYFbImc


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#43 Offline Kowal - Posted March 1 2025 - 11:38 PM

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I have been taking videos of the queen every now and then and compiled them into one video presenting how her gaster becomes physogastric as the colony goes out of diapause.  


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#44 Offline Kowal - Posted March 8 2025 - 7:39 AM

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Spring growth in full swing.

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