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Lasius Niger?

Started By Jimmydave937911 , May 23 2020 10:25 AM
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#1 Offline Jimmydave937911 - Posted May 23 2020 - 10:25 AM

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Hi guys,
Just wanted to confirm that the 7 queens I’ve found are Lasius Niger? I live in UK.
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#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 23 2020 - 12:28 PM

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Some are flavus and some are niger. The ones with yellow legs are the flavus.


Edited by NickAnter, May 23 2020 - 12:28 PM.

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#3 Offline Jimmydave937911 - Posted May 23 2020 - 2:04 PM

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Thanks Nick. I know Flavus are a lot more of a shy species and don’t surface much, do they require any difference with regards to diet/formicarium/moisture etc?

#4 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 23 2020 - 2:13 PM

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Not that I know of.


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#5 Offline Serafine - Posted May 23 2020 - 4:51 PM

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Thanks Nick. I know Flavus are a lot more of a shy species and don’t surface much, do they require any difference with regards to diet/formicarium/moisture etc?

No, they can live fine in test tubes and any nest suitable for Lasius niger. They prefer dark nests a lot more than Lasius niger though (which doesn't seem to much problems with light).

Lasius flavus grows slower but colonies can become a lot bigger (250k) than those of Lasius niger (50k). Since they are very calm and not aggressive at all they probably won't like live food (unlike Lasius niger which murders almost everything once the colony is big enough).


Edited by Serafine, May 23 2020 - 4:53 PM.

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