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AntsAreUs's Formica subsericea Journal

Started By AntsAreUs , Jul 24 2015 10:02 AM

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#1 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted July 24 2015 - 10:02 AM

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I'm hoping that this colony doesn't die because this is one of the species I actually like.

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#2 Offline Crystals - Posted July 24 2015 - 11:01 AM

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Nice queens. Formica are usually pretty hardy. The first year is slow, then they pick up pace.

They love almost any insect and sugar water.

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#3 Offline Ants4fun - Posted July 24 2015 - 12:37 PM

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I have a Formica cf. subsericea duo as well. Very cool ants.

#4 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted July 24 2015 - 1:35 PM

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I found a third one with one wing attached but it ran away after about a minute of trying to catch it, they are so fast!

#5 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted March 25 2016 - 10:42 AM

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Quality isn't great, there wasn't much lighting.

One of the workers to the left is holding 3 eggs, does anyone know how many eggs they normally lay after winter?

#6 Offline dermy - Posted March 25 2016 - 12:12 PM

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I assume they slowly start laying and over the course of the early summer/mid summer lay more?

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#7 Offline Mdrogun - Posted March 25 2016 - 2:17 PM

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Quality isn't great, there wasn't much lighting.

One of the workers to the left is holding 3 eggs, does anyone know how many eggs they normally lay after winter?

My friend has a Formic fusca colony which seems to be very similar and they laid a batch of around 11 eggs. They let those grow to pupae/large larvae and then the queen laid more.