{"id":702,"date":"2021-08-17T10:58:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T08:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/?page_id=702"},"modified":"2024-09-09T17:06:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T15:06:06","slug":"catching-queen-ants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/catching-queen-ants\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching Queen Ants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<div id=\"gap-37033483\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-37033483 {\n  padding-top: 177px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-37033483 {\n    padding-top: 178px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #gap-37033483 {\n    padding-top: 75px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1432297467\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-16-150304.png?fit=1020%2C571&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"How to catch a queen ant with test tube and spring steel tweezers\" \/>                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-468857605\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark text-shadow-3\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n<h3 class=\"uppercase\"><strong>hOW TO CATCH YOUR OWN qUEEN ANT<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-468857605 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-468857605 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1432297467 {\n  padding-top: 400px;\n}\n#banner-1432297467 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17);\n}\n#banner-1432297467 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 56% 82%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-1432297467 {\n    padding-top: 500px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-159250059\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-159250059 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-45717977\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2033463320\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Catch your own queen ant<\/h3>\n<p>If you want to catch your own queen ant, either luck or some preparation and research is needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ants usually have their nuptial flight once a year. Only at this time the colony forms so-called reproductive animals, that is, young queens and drones (male ants). They are the only ants capable of flying. The queens shed their wings after they have mated with one or more males. The males die after a short time (maximum a few days) regardless of whether they have mated or not. <br \/>After the young queens have completed their nuptial flight, they look for a suitable place to establish their colony. They shed their wings and start burrowing. This is the perfect moment to collect them. When they have no more wings you can be sure that they are mated.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to collect them is to use spring steel tweezers. With these you can grab the animals without hurting them.<\/p>\n<p>Place them in a test tube or a small box with holes for ventilation. Some species should be transported individually, others can be kept together for a short time in a container, as they are less aggressive among themselves. Different species should always be kept separate.<\/p>\n<p>To find out when and where you can find your queen ants, there are now many &#8220;nuptial flight charts&#8221; online. We have linked two examples further down on this page.<\/p>\n<p>Please make sure you are not collecting a protected or endangered species, there are more than enough species in all countries of the world that have very healthy populations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nuptial flight chart in german language:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameisenforum.de\/schwarmflug.php\">Ameisenforum.de<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nuptial flight chart in english language:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/antflights.com\/stats\/flights\">Antflights.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1703116070\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1168448385\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasius-niger.jpg?ssl=1\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasius-niger.jpg?resize=1000%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Lasius niger queen ant macro on white background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasius-niger.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasius-niger.jpg?resize=247%2C247&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasius-niger.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasius-niger.jpg?resize=510%2C510&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasius-niger.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasius-niger.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasius-niger.jpg?resize=280%2C280&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasius-niger.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1168448385 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-947652889\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Lasius niger queen<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-947652889 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-702","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9149,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/702\/revisions\/9149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}