I caught this queen end of june 2013 in Estes park Colorado. After over wintering alone she laid eggs two weeks ago.
She now has one pupae and one larave and a pile of eggs
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Posted March 13 2014 - 7:02 PM
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I caught this queen end of june 2013 in Estes park Colorado. After over wintering alone she laid eggs two weeks ago.
She now has one pupae and one larave and a pile of eggs
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Posted March 14 2014 - 8:38 AM
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Nice. 
I have a couple test tubes of those. Mine also waited until after hibernation to lay eggs.
I find the queens will accept a drop or two of hummingbird nectar every other week or so. I put mine on tinfoil to avoid messes.
Wait until you see how small the nanitics are.
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Posted March 14 2014 - 2:46 PM
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Interesting. Those I found in July 2013 laid eggs almost immediately. And the first workers came few weeks later.
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Posted March 14 2014 - 5:26 PM
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And today I looked and my lasius neoniger laid eggs as well
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Posted April 2 2014 - 11:17 PM
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My lasius sp in a test tube has 1 cocoon pupae 1 naked pupae 6 larave and a pile of eggs she is doing great
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Posted April 3 2014 - 5:18 AM
Most of my Formicinae have a mix of cocooned and naked pupae as well.
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Posted May 8 2014 - 5:20 PM
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She now has 2 nanitic and 10 pupae she's doing amazing
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