Young ant queen tending to her first eggs Macro HD

Young "Black garden ant" (Lasius Niger) queen tending to her first eggs. The queen was captured 24 hours earlier, when two of them landed on my car in the driveway. The eggs are about 8-12 hours old.

Młoda królowa Hurtnicy Pospolitej (L. Niger) zajmuje się swymi pierwszymi jajkami. Królowa została złapana gdy dwie wylądowały na moim samochodzie. Jajeczka mają około 8-12 godzin.

Canon Powershot SX1 Supermacro

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Pets & Animals

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• Ants
• Ant
• Lasius Niger
• Black Garden Ant
• Hurtnica Pospolita
• Insects
• Wildlife
• Macro
• HD
• Canon
• Powershot
• SX1
• Supermacro

[fyesan13]

`hey iw as wondering why my ant qeen isn;t tending her eggs?.. she lays eggs at random places in the test tube she's in but she never organizes it.. is it normal?

[GridPB]

@fyesan13 - No need to worry yet, but it may happen that the queen is laying eggs, but isn't fertile herself. In this case she may lose interest in the eggs and eat them eventually. Time will tell - that is what sadly happened to one of the queens in this movie.

[fyesan13]

@GridPB what should i do if she starts eating her eggs? would that mean she can't start a colony by her self?

[GridPB]

@fyesan13 - If she starts eating eggs before you see them grow, she may be unable to start a colony, yes. Wait 4-5 weeks and if you can't see eggs growing, or there are fewer and fewer eggs - then it's better to let the queen out where you found her. She will die anyway if she cannot hatch workers to feed and take care of her.

[GridPB]

@Smartster621atzcmd60 - Of course you can put them in an ant farm, but it doesn't hurt to keep her in a test tube for starters. A queen may feel more cosy in a test tube. In the wild, she would dig a hole in wet ground and sit in it for a month or two. L. Niger queens do not need food in this period, they will burn up the muscles that powered the wings, which are now torn off.

[GridPB]

@Smartster621atzcmd60 - L.Niger ant queens appear, where I live, July-September. You will see large swarms at times - a good time to look is if there is a hot day following a downpour during the summertime.

[MrEyeopener100]

I bought a gel kit. found a queen in the back yard some workers. i put like 12 holes in the damn thing covered it, and placed it in a dark place. the still wont dig. thought they might be damaged but 3rd bach same thing. what do you think i should do to make them want to tunnel in the gel?

[Adminpwn321]

"Black Garden ant" Lasius NIGER LOL YOU RACIST xDDDDDDDDD

[sh4p3shifter]

it doesn't look happy give it some food and water.

[Apexpredator764]

how do u aquire a queen

[TheWalktroughts]

Hi why my mom did not lay eggs?

[whitefang707]

@982alexander thanks

[982alexander]

@whitefang707 yes...

[whitefang707]

is it possible to use plastic bottles to start of?

[vxenon67]

I was working security on nightshift on a hotel construction site alone. I saw thousands of red ants taking flight climbing a side of a well lit building followed by thousands and thousands of workers and thousands of males and thousands of virgin queens. I wish I filmed it. It was a sight to behold.

[DanishnSonic]

@misstresssasori2 all i know is lasius niger june to september in north america.where i come from these undefined species of ants(which i don't know but maybe some people know) start their nuptial flight from december to febuary.