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Care Sheet - Lasius neoniger


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#21 Offline AntsDakota - Posted February 15 2020 - 11:29 AM

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Agreed. I was just saying they will if they have to.


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#22 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted February 15 2020 - 11:31 AM

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yeah, but I start my queens with substrate so they don't have to risk it


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#23 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted February 20 2020 - 10:35 AM

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You should start and journal. Also, most ants are that way (because then they don't have to worry about spinning there cocoons and if they have enough resources to).

Um, they died in hibernation :(


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#24 Offline AntsDakota - Posted February 20 2020 - 6:16 PM

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Over the past couple years, I think we've established that the only ants that can survive a full on South Dakota winter in a garage are Camponotus


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version


#25 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted February 21 2020 - 7:38 AM

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I think so too.


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#26 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted November 15 2020 - 7:38 PM

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Do you have to hibernate this species, and is one missed hibernation still okay?

Queens I keep:

 

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

 

 


#27 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted November 16 2020 - 4:00 AM

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Do you have to hibernate this species, and is one missed hibernation still okay?

I think this is a species that requires hibernation every year, but if not they do need it at least the first year. They generally won't lay until after hibernations. The posts above made that quite clear as well. Just be careful about it.






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