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Post by internecivus on Jul 19, 2009 15:58:37 GMT 1
Good thinking Myrm, and great pic for a mobile phone.
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Post by Myrm on Jul 19, 2009 16:03:16 GMT 1
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Post by Myrm on Jul 19, 2009 16:27:21 GMT 1
19 July 2009, Sunday - UPDATE
OK. They seem very excited about the addition to their nest set up, and already a couple of Lasius niger workers are collecting bits of peat and depositing them into the plastic tubing that runs between the two nesting boxes. They have already figured out that their foraging box is now accessed via the new nesting box. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2009 18:30:14 GMT 1
Nice picture myrm i see they must like the new layout of their home.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2009 19:01:06 GMT 1
That is amazing for a phone! . They will have lots of room now to grow.When they outgrow this container will you release them?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2009 19:02:07 GMT 1
I doubht that he has bigger tanks.I think
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Post by Myrm on Jul 19, 2009 19:18:47 GMT 1
That is amazing for a phone! . They will have lots of room now to grow.When they outgrow this container will you release them? No. I will just add another nesting box onto the setup. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2009 19:22:32 GMT 1
Wow another nesting box!?
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Post by Myrm on Jul 19, 2009 19:24:31 GMT 1
Wow another nesting box!? Yessum ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2009 19:25:09 GMT 1
How many do you have?
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Post by Myrm on Jul 25, 2009 9:26:05 GMT 1
How many do you have? Sorry, Cool Kid, I didn't realise you had posted another question. At the moment I have no spare nesting boxes. In total I have 6 in use (1 for each of the 5 colonies I have, plus the 6th one being attached to this colony).
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Post by Myrm on Jul 25, 2009 9:34:32 GMT 1
25 July 2009, SaturdayThe queen of this colony needs to have a rest; still she is churning those eggs out. There are almost as many eggs as times that Troy has been naughty! They are now used to the fact that the trek to and from the nesting box and the foraging box has been doubled due to the appearance of a second nesting box. So far they have not done much with the nesting box other than use some of the peat to create walled entrances at either end of the small plastic tubing that links the two nesting boxes up. The other day they moved all the cocoons into the plastic tube, treating it as a chamber of the nest. The number of Lasius niger workers has noticeably dropped as they die off from 'old age' (though I never see the dead bodies anywhere), but the numbers of yellow umbratus workers is increasingly dramatically. I have noticed that Lasius umbratus workers do not seem to have such naughty bottoms as the Lasius niger workers do. ;D
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Post by internecivus on Jul 25, 2009 12:30:23 GMT 1
Great update Myrm. I laughed at the comparison of the eggs towards Troy .
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Post by Myrm on Jul 31, 2009 22:14:06 GMT 1
31 July 2009, FridayStill more cocoons, still more larvae, still more eggs and many more yellow umbratus workers now present, some of which forage far and wide.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2009 22:18:15 GMT 1
Thats great news!
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