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My Pets
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 1:03 pm
by Myrm
Hej
Thought some of you might like to see my pets
Re: My Pets
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 4:05 pm
by Riboflavin
Hello Commander Myrm,
thanks for sharing! I guess we can see the queen of the hive there? And they are awesome insects of course.
Re: My Pets
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 4:34 pm
by Myrm
Hi Riboflavin
Yes, the big one is the queen. That colony is only about 6 months old; started with a single, newly mated queen. She now has 13 workers and a small batch of larvae. I have two older colonies with up to 600+ ants in each with huge number of larvae, and still growing.
Re: My Pets
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 7:07 pm
by Riboflavin
I guess it is interesting to see a colony growing. How old do these colonies get?
Re: My Pets
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 7:21 pm
by Myrm
Well, that queen you see in my picture; on average she'll live 15 years.
Re: My Pets
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 8:24 pm
by Riboflavin
15 years?! I would have guessed maybe 1 year or 2 at the most. That's quite a long life they live.
Re: My Pets
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 9:02 pm
by Myrm
Indeed it is. The record is 30 years. The little workers only live for a year or two.
Re: My Pets
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 10:19 pm
by Flip
I find amazing is that they only need to mate once to lay eggs continuously for the next 10 to 30 years.
Re: My Pets
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 10:47 pm
by TorTorden
Flip wrote:I find amazing is that they only need to mate once to lay eggs continuously for the next 10 to 30 years.
That must be some load.
Okay I hate myself a little bit for that one...
Re: My Pets
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 2:15 am
by Roger Wilco Jr
TorTorden wrote:That must be some load.
Yeah, that's why they do it once and then drop dead.
(ok, I'm full of shit)