<< 2005 Home Email Lasius Niger	The Kurt Kuene Antpage gibt es auch auf Deutsch. 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   quick comment!   all comments Name:  Text:	All content on this site is licensed under a creative commons licence.
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