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Zzz’s Lasius emarginatus

Started By Zzz , Jul 3 2024 2:12 AM
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#1 Offline Zzz - Posted July 3 2024 - 2:12 AM

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Hello everybody. Today I am starting my first journal, which I am planning to update weekly. I caught a lasius emarginatus queen on Friday, June 28th.

 

I put her in a test tube setup and left her in the dark for about a week. Down below you can find a few pictures if her and her brood (btw don’t worry my pictures are usually better I just don’t want to stress her out to much during founding). I personally think a queen can go for either of the two strategies. The first scenario is one where she will lay only a few eggs, and tend to them really well. This means once the nanitics hatch, she will only have a few, but they will be big and strong. The second part she can take is laying tons of eggs, which results in lots of smaller and weaker nanitics. My queen seems to be taking option two.

 

I think this is going to be it, I will update you guys on Sunday again and then I will update weekly. 

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#2 Offline Stubyvast - Posted July 3 2024 - 5:43 PM

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Good luck with this colony! Lasius is always fun to keep.


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Currently raising: 

Myrmica rubra (1 queen +  ~5 workers)

Lasius niger (single queen + ~90+ workers)

Lasius neoniger (3 single queen + brood)

Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])

Formica pacifica (Queen)

Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!

#3 Offline Zzz - Posted July 3 2024 - 10:08 PM

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Thanks. I already have a colony of lasius flavus, couldn’t agree more!


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#4 Offline Zzz - Posted July 7 2024 - 6:20 AM

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07-07-2024

 

Hi guys, it’s Sunday so it’s update time. Not much has happened with my lasius emarginatus queen. However, some of the eggs hatched into larvae. She also laid again.

I must say, I have never kept a founding queen with this much brood. Especially for lasius, I find this quite incredible. By the way, I’d like to know, has anybody had the same experience with this species? 
I think this is going to be it for this short update, I’ll see you next week!

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#5 Offline Zzz - Posted July 14 2024 - 4:41 AM

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Hey guys, it’s Sunday so it’s update time.
I’ve got to say, I am so impressed by the time it took to get cocoons. It’s been 2-3 weeks and my lasius emarginatus queen already has cocoons. I’m hoping that by next week we will have nanitics. The queen has in total 6 cocoon, more fat larvae, smaller ones and eggs. So overall this is great progress. There’s not much more to say about this queen, so see ya next week!

P.S.: we need to name this queen so I’m open to suggestions

P.S. 2: on my end the quality of pictures is great, but the picture uploader seems to make the quality be terrible, so can you guys tell me how it is on your side?

Thanks!

P.S. 3: are the pictures flipped and if they are how do I make them straight?

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#6 Online ANTdrew - Posted July 14 2024 - 9:26 AM

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Try using postimages.org to post images. Copy and paste the hotlink for forums link, and the image will appear in the thread.

Edited by ANTdrew, July 15 2024 - 3:10 AM.

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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#7 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted July 14 2024 - 10:18 AM

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That was fast! I would name the queen Scarlet.


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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#8 Offline Zzz - Posted July 14 2024 - 11:14 AM

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Try using posrimages.org to post images. Copy and paste the hotlink for forums link, and the image will appear in the thread.

Thanks for the help! I’ll try that next week!!!!


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#9 Offline Zzz - Posted July 14 2024 - 11:16 AM

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That was fast! I would name the queen Scarlet.

Thanks for the suggestion. I really like it, let’s go for that. Any ideas for naming the colony in its whole? Anyways, all hail queen Scarlet!!!


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#10 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted July 14 2024 - 11:56 AM

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That was fast! I would name the queen Scarlet.

Thanks for the suggestion. I really like it, let’s go for that. Any ideas for naming the colony in its whole? Anyways, all hail queen Scarlet!!!

 

The Scarlet Empire or maybe a empire of scarlet.


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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#11 Offline Stubyvast - Posted July 14 2024 - 2:02 PM

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That was fast! I would name the queen Scarlet.

Thanks for the suggestion. I really like it, let’s go for that. Any ideas for naming the colony in its whole? Anyways, all hail queen Scarlet!!!

 

The scarlet empire!

 

Or, perhaps, the Bloody empire, or crimson empire! Or maybe the "Blades of the Red Dawn" or something like that.


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Currently raising: 

Myrmica rubra (1 queen +  ~5 workers)

Lasius niger (single queen + ~90+ workers)

Lasius neoniger (3 single queen + brood)

Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])

Formica pacifica (Queen)

Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!

#12 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted July 14 2024 - 5:37 PM

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i love the blades name!

Currently keeping
-T. immigrans

-B. patagonicus

-N. cockerelli

I will want to also keep some other lasius types in the future.
You should also subscribe to my youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@AsdAnts

#13 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted July 14 2024 - 6:13 PM

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That was fast! I would name the queen Scarlet.

Thanks for the suggestion. I really like it, let’s go for that. Any ideas for naming the colony in its whole? Anyways, all hail queen Scarlet!!!

 

The scarlet empire!

 

Or, perhaps, the Bloody empire, or crimson empire! Or maybe the "Blades of the Red Dawn" or something like that.

 

 i love "Blades of the Red Dawn" it fits perfectly.


Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#14 Offline Zzz - Posted July 14 2024 - 11:48 PM

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Thank you so much for the suggestion. The “Blades of the Red Dawn” is a great idea! 


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