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Pseudomyrmex sp. "yellow"

Added on: 11/11/2009
Article number: pssp0002
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This is a small but noticeable Pseudomyrmecinae of South America which sticks out because of her yellow color and special living. This species lives in hollow stems of small plants and bushes. A noticeable characteristic is the fast and jerkily movement of the ants and also the disproportional large black eyes.

  • Taxonomy: Subfamilie Pseudomyrmecinae
  • Origin: Paraguay
  • Color: yellow
  • Size:
  • Hibernation: No
  • Nutrition:  Honey/sugarwater, insects, spiders and other small animals
  • Temperature:  from cool through very hot 15 - 30°C
  • Soil conditions: not necessary because nests in wood
  • Nest building: nests in small branches of plants and small stems of bushes
  • Planting: Plants with nectary like Passiflora, Impatiens, etc. useful
  • Specifics: Nests in stems, performs fast and jerkily movements

 

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