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My new Lasius Niger setup 2005
See this years setup of my lasius niger.
These ants are sometimes called black ant or garden ant. Lasius Niger is a very common ant here in switzerland. There is a similar species in the USA called Lasius Neoniger but it is not nearly as successful as Lasius Niger in Europe.
Lasius Niger is a very adaptive ant that forages also in houses. They are famous for the impressing nuptial flights. See how I keep them with many pictures.

Setup 2004 Setup 2003 Setup 2002 Setup 2001

Lasius niger Development Stages
From the egg to the fully grown insect.

Anting in the Field
When you go anting in the field you can learn much about ants.
I try to find out what species of ants live in my vicinity.
Many images, pictures, habitats, identifying, preserve, mount.

Leptothorax Nylanderi
My Leptothorax Nylanderi (Acorn Ants) are easyer to keep then Lasius Niger

Constructions
Lasius Niger are very able architects.
Constructions 2004
Constructions 2003

Experiment
As I am interested in the behaviour of ants I have done some experiments:

Marking Ants
How do you mark ants? what are the techniques and difficulties?
Decentral Nesting
How lasius niger controls large territories. what are outposts? what are distributed nest modules?
Territory Experiment
an other experiment concerning territory. lasius niger controls large areas.

Cataglyphis
Cataglyphis at the university of zurich.

Antcam: See my Webcam!
Look how my ants and lizards move.

Links
My favorite ant pages.

Old Webseite
Travel back in time :)


My AntWiki Here I describe some things I know or I use in connection with ants.	Ant Images mainly from: The Ant Farm's and Myrmecology's Message Board

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