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Lasius flavus is a nice and easy species, they are beautiful yellow ants that love sweets. They owe their Dutch name (yellow meadow ant) to their color and the fact that they mainly nest in meadows.
Specifications :
Scientific name: Lasius flavus
Common name: Yellow meadow ant
Distribution area: Europe
Color of the ant: yellow, orange, brownish
Difficulty level: 2/5
Queen size: 8-9 mm
Worker size: 3-4 mm
Soldier size: /
Temperature: 20 to 24 degrees
Optimal temperature: 22-23 degrees
humidity nest: 60 to 75%
humidity outside world: 30 to 50%
Winter dormancy: December-March on 5-10
Growth speed: 3/5
Growing to number of workers: +- several thousand workers
Subfamily : Formicinae
Foundation: claustral
Colony formation: oligogyne/polygynous (can have multiple queens per nest)
Care: Nutrition
: insects such as fruit flies, redrunners, crickets, mealworms, buffalo worms, dubias.
Sugars such as beetlejelly, byFormica sunburst ant nectar, honeydew etc. Food requirement: normal
From how many workers to a nest: move to a small nest from 50+ workers.
Recommended nest type: AntLab Fusion Nest, ytong, plaster, acrylic
Care:
They are fairly easy to care for, they really like small insects and sugars. When feeding a liquid nutrient, it is important to offer a small drop, as they are small ants that can quickly drown in too large a drop.
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