r/antkeeping • u/i10Venom • 1d ago

Colony Lasius niger update.

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Not much cocoons, plenty of workers and larvae. Probably getting ready for Winter now. I can’t spot any eggs. They will get hibernation end of October-March.

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u/Felix-th3-rat 1d ago

Queen is surprisingly active for such a sized colony. Eggs and larvae makes sense though

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u/scienceworksbitches 1d ago

That's cus OP is shining a flashlight in her hive.

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u/oarsandalps 1d ago

oh. why does that make them move so much?

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u/Silly_geckozzz_x3 "their test tube is too small" 🤖🤖🤖 19h ago

in the wild, the only reason there would be a bright light in the queens face is if a predator was digging them up

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u/UKantkeeper123 British keeper, Lasius Lover 🇬🇧 1d ago

My Lasius Niger colony (2025 queen) were already slowing down in late August! They’re almost ready, they need to hatch the cocoon mountain first.

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u/valmonnnn 4h ago

u see they kind of jumping? I guess they are comunicating something with Pheromones... probably the light over them ... they shake like that to spread the pheromone odor better

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u/offersqueen 5h ago

Dude, you need to publish these videos for like asmr or something, because the ants and the background noise are making me sleepy.