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Dermy's Lasius Neoniger Queen Journal!

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#1 Offline dermy - Posted November 7 2015 - 11:28 AM

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I have decided to see if one of my queens from the September Flights would lay any eggs. I haven't seen any yet, but it's only been a few days. I'm hopeful that at least 1 queen will make me a Colony so If this one doesn't it's not the end of the world.

 

 

Here are a few videos I made of her:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=rCSOI-ggAF0

 

 

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https://www.youtube....h?v=RpjwiRQLELU

 

I'll keep you updated :D
 


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#2 Offline Crystals - Posted November 9 2015 - 7:37 AM

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If you are planning on keeping her in that, add a damp cotton ball.  Lasius like humidity.


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#3 Offline dermy - Posted November 9 2015 - 1:22 PM

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The bottom is one of those face cotton pads, so it should have enough humidity, she seems to be doing well right now. I need to keep it moistened though. Things in my room dry out really quickly.



#4 Offline dermy - Posted November 28 2015 - 8:45 AM

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May have taken 3 weeks, but she has some eggs :D

 

I'll try to get a video of it up tonight.



#5 Offline antmaniac - Posted November 28 2015 - 2:00 PM

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isn't the winter coming in your area?

#6 Offline Mannomorth - Posted November 28 2015 - 4:34 PM

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Lovely, looking forward to the updates, wish you all the best :)



#7 Offline dermy - Posted November 29 2015 - 3:59 AM

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isn't the winter coming in your area?

 

This is a Reverse HIbernated Queen, so she will be awake all winter and then sleep in the summer. And yes it's winter, about a foot of snow out there already.

 

 

Thanks Mannomorth, things are looking good [if Only I had a better camera :P ]

 

 

 

Here's that video ;)

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=wIte9rB4U5A
 



#8 Offline dspdrew - Posted November 29 2015 - 9:44 AM

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What are you keeping that queen in?



#9 Offline dermy - Posted November 29 2015 - 10:00 AM

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I'm keeping her in one of these:

 

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With some cotton on the bottom for moisture.

 

She seems to like it so far :)


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#10 Offline antmaniac - Posted November 29 2015 - 10:20 AM

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Oh, the winter ant! Very nice.

#11 Offline dermy - Posted November 29 2015 - 12:56 PM

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Oh, the winter ant! Very nice.

Haha these are Lasius neoniger I don't think they are Winter Ants :P



#12 Offline LC3 - Posted November 29 2015 - 1:16 PM

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How many gum containers do you have/purchased?

Winter ants: Prenolepis imparis.



#13 Offline dermy - Posted November 29 2015 - 1:17 PM

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My mom is continually buying them and eating the gum so I have virtually an unlimited supply.

 

I just need to make more :P



#14 Offline dspdrew - Posted November 30 2015 - 6:50 AM

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B)


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#15 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted December 6 2015 - 11:09 PM

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B) Hahaha!!!


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#16 Offline dermy - Posted December 8 2015 - 4:12 AM

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This queen has a nice fat abdomen so I'll take another video of her soon :P



#17 Offline dermy - Posted January 2 2016 - 5:03 PM

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I think this queen finally has some larvae :D I'm hoping to reverse hibernate her in the spring/early summer. I think I'll wait until "real summer" hits and then Hibernate her.


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#18 Offline dermy - Posted May 23 2016 - 8:09 AM

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On May 20th/2016 this queen finally got her first few nanitics! Now, May 23/2016 she has around 3-4.

 

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=vBLxwTiTlZE



#19 Offline dermy - Posted June 14 2016 - 6:10 PM

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The workers are finally starting to get braver, they are so lightning fast :o

Here are a few videos showing how fast they are :)

 

 

 

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Yes I know i have some serious mold problems going on it's like a rainbow in there :lol:


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#20 Offline dermy - Posted July 24 2016 - 12:49 PM

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I've got a little bit of an issue, this queen/colony [she has I think 3 workers now] has some Pinkish mold [will get a video or some pictures up to show you what I mean later]

Edit: If you look in the post above you will see what I mean, but now it's all the cotton [it's not the same moist cotton pad as the video, but rather a new "clean" one]

Whenever I clean it out, it just comes right back, so should I just try to get the colony to move out of the container all together? I feel like this is more than just a coincidence at this point, since I've cleaned out the cotton and it just always comes back [really fast too, like within a week it will be just as bad as it was pre-cleaning]


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