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[Will230145]

Ok, so I was posting pictures wrong, so my old journal is just a how to post pictures.

So I caught this queen and put her in hibernation, and a few days ago she layed eggs! 2/11/18





Today she layed more eggs! 2/13/18



She has 22 eggs! (if I counted right)

Edited by Will230145, December 2 2018 - 7:11 PM.

[AntsMaryland]

Cool! Hopefully, my Lasius neoniger start to lay eggs as well... XD

[Will230145]

I hope she makes it too her first workers! After that she should be good! 

 

I need some names for her?

[Will230145]

2/21/2018

 

Nothing much has happened, she just layed a few more eggs. I will try to post every Wednesday! 

You can see she is holding an egg (obviously)

 

 

Not a very good picture but here is her brood pile LOTS of EGGS! 

[Will230145]

Does anybody know what the average time for egg to worker is, she's had eggs for about 2 weeks now?

[Serafine]

My Lasius niger (fairly similar to neoniger) took about 2 months to get her first workers, it seems the first batch always takes a bit longer. The eggs hatched after about 3 weeks.

[Will230145]

ok, thanks

[Will230145]

I will try to get some more photos but, nothing much has changed, her brood pile gets a tiny bit bit larger every day I’ve noticed! She does not mind me checking on her every day (I keep my queen on my ant desk with a towel on top of them) as I don’t really have to disturb her. I will update you guys whenever something exciting happens!

[Will230145]

Barely anything has changed but she now has a few larvae, you can’t see them as she stuffed them in the cotton, but I saw her holding one! I can’t wait for her first nanitc!

[Will230145]

3/1/18

 

I see my queen has has of her brood pile larvae!!! Can anyone tell me what stage it looks like the larvae are in?  I know they aren't very good pictures  

[AntsMaryland]

Instar 1, maybe 2. My lasius neoniger queens are at about the same stage. Looking forward to have workers!

[AntsMaryland]

actually maybe 3

[Will230145]

Ok, thanks! I noticed their heads are always moving.

[Will230145]

3/8/18

Recently I put some orange sand in her test tube she did nothing until one day she moved some of it towards her.

I then checked up on her today and I saw a single pupae with orange sand around more larvae!!! I also see a few more spinning cocoons! Can't wait for nanitics! (The Pupae is by her gaster)

 

[Will230145]

She has a total of 5 pupae and a ton of larvae about to spin cocoones!

[Will230145]

She has a total of 10 cocoons and I will post pictures when first worker comes!

[AntsMaryland]

Cool! One of my Lasius queens now has 2 cocoons. Hoping for more soon.

[Will230145]

I might get rid of this queen, I don’t know if I should keep her or my Formica Subsericea colony, I need your guys’s opinion on which one to keep!

[YsTheAnt]

Formica is what I would chose. Why not keep both?

[Will230145]

Can’t parents won’t allow me too , I’ve proved my responsibility but I have too many pets for a 12 year old...