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Started By TheMicroPlanet , Dec 24 2019 10:26 AM

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#1 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted December 24 2019 - 10:26 AM

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https://www.youtube....h?v=7k4Hvtdhegw

Watch 7:20 to 7:35. Is this good advice?

If the link doesn't work, this is what he said:

"Personally, I would not hibernate these ants (Myrmica rubra) as they don't really have a very developed biological clock, I find. And they don't really need the hibernation process to achieve anything at all. They can just keep growing through the winter."

In any case, would this apply to North American species of Myrmica as well?

My ants

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#2 Offline ponerinecat - Posted December 24 2019 - 10:55 AM

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https://www.youtube....h?v=7k4Hvtdhegw

Watch 7:20 to 7:35. Is this good advice?

If the link doesn't work, this is what he said:

"Personally, I would not hibernate these ants (Myrmica rubra) as they don't really have a very developed biological clock, I find. And they don't really need the hibernation process to achieve anything at all. They can just keep growing through the winter."

In any case, would this apply to North American species of Myrmica as well?

No. There is no simple answer。 It all depends on where they were found, same species can have different preferences.