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thomie3 (July 19, 2008 at 11:37 am)
I've sold both my Lasius Niger colonies.They had 30 and 20 workers.My Messor Barbarus nest is doing good, it have 30 workers and no majors.And I just receaved a Myrmica rubra colony with 4 queens :) .
thomie3 (July 19, 2008 at 8:58 am)
I've sold both my Lasius Niger colonies.They had 30 and 20 workers.My Messor Barbarus nest is doing good, it have 30 workers and no majors.And I just receaved a Myrmica rubra colony with 4 queens :) .
nanoguy4098 (July 19, 2008 at 2:21 am)
How is your lasius niger queen now?
thomie3 (July 16, 2008 at 5:11 pm)
I keep them in my house, Messor Barbarus isn't a good beginner spcie (it needs a heater and is verry sensetive to stress).You can better start with an Lasuis Niger colony (cheap and easy to keep). It's an fast growing easy specie
YorkshireTyker (July 15, 2008 at 7:25 pm)
I'm wanting to start an ant colony myself, I have a large tank in the garage that I could use. Do you keep your ants in the house or out in the shed/garage?
nanoguy4098 (June 3, 2008 at 11:39 am)
thomie3: I kept them in three large plaster setups connected together, and a 10 gallon tank for a foraging arena.
thomie3 (May 17, 2008 at 1:31 pm)
That's a large nest :O !!In what for a kind of farmacarium did you kept them?
nanoguy4098 (May 17, 2008 at 11:20 am)
I've had success with this species, my colony grew to 5,000 ants in 6-7 years, thier numbers stayed the same but then by the 9nth year, alates!! My colony even took place in the Messor Barbarus mating flight that took place last year, but eventually the colony died out last month, I dont know why the queen died out exactlly, but probably from old age, good luck :) |
