Camponotus cf. atriceps

This is a very beautiful colored and easy to keep Campnotus species from South American rain forest.

• Taxonomy: Subfamily Formicinae, Tribe Camponotini
• Characteristics: Minor- and Major workers
• Color: black-yellow
• Size: 6 - 11 mm, Queen: 14 - 16 mm
• Distribution: South America
• Nutrition: Honey- or sugar water and insects
• Hibernation: No
• Temperature: 24 - 28 °C (tropical)
• Humidity: Rain forest
• Nest building: This species nests in holes of trees and epiphytes, suitable for ytong nests
• Planting: nothing specific
• Level: easy

Camponotus cf. renggeri

An Camponotus species that is easy to keep and that breeds very fast and easy.

• Taxonomy: Subfamily Formicinae, Tribe Camponotini
• Distribution: Southern America
• Color: black with yellow legs
• Size:14 - 16 mm
• Nutrition: Honey- or sugar water and insects
• Hibernation: No
• Climate: subtropical until tropical, dry
• Nest building: Soilnests
• Planting: nothing specific
• Level: easy
  

Camponotus punctulatus

Origin: Argentinia

Camponotus sansabeanus

This is a very beautiful colored Campnotus species America mexico

• Taxonomy: Subfamily Formicinae, Tribe Camponotini
• Color: orange-yellow, darkbrown
• Distribution : America Mexico
• Nutrition: Honey- or sugar water and insects
• Hibernation: No
• Temperature: 24 - 28 °C (tropical)
• Size: Queen: 16-18mm
• Humidity: 30-60%
• Nest building: This species nests in holes of trees and also into Soil
• Planting: nothing specific
• Level: Advanced level

Camponotus sp. "South America"

Small until medium sized Formicinae that looks a bit similar to our forest ants (Formica). They are not very aggressive, and can be kept together with other ants in one communal basin. It is an imposingly ants species that like light terrariums.

• Taxonomy: Subfamily Formicinae, Tribe Camponotini
• Distribution: Central- to Southern America
• Color: yellow-orange
  
• Nutrition: Honey- or sugar water and insects and other small animals
• Hibernation: No
• Climate: tropical rainforest
• Nest building: In hollow stems and small branches of trees or bushes
• Planting: nothing specific
• Level: medium
  

Camponotus sp. "orange"

This is a very beautiful colored Campnotus species from South American rain forest.

• Taxonomy: Subfamily Formicinae, Tribe Camponotini
• Color: orange-yellow
• Distribution: South America
• Nutrition: Honey- or sugar water and insects
• Hibernation: No
• Temperature: 24 - 28 °C (tropical)
• Size: Queen: 12 mm
• Humidity: Rain forest
• Nest building: This species nests in holes of trees and rotten tree branchesl nests
• Planting: nothing specific
• Level: Advanced level
• Specifics: This species don't need much space and can be kept with other species in one bassin because it isn't an aggressive species.

Camponotus spec

A ground-dwelling Camponotus, which stands out with a shimmery black color. She lives in Erdnestern and developed large colonies.

• Taxonomy: Family Formicinae, Tribe Camponotini
• Characteristics: minor and major workers
• Color: shimmering black
• Size: 6 - 11 mm, Queen: 12 mm
• Distribution: Central America
• Nutrition: Sugar water and insects
• Hibernation: No
• Temperature: 24 - 28 ° C (tropical)
• Humidity: Rain Forest
• Nest building: Soil nests under stones
• Planting: Not necessary
• Class: easy

Camponotus substitutus

Aggressive Camponotus species from South America. Uses it's chemical weapon (formic acid) fast.

• Taxonomy: Subfamily Formicinae, Tribe Camponotini
• Origin: Central to South America
• Hibernation: Nein
• Temperature: 22 - 28 °C
• Nest building: rotten wood and soil, suitable for ytong nests
• Nutrition: sugar water and insects
• Level: easy

Cephalotes (Cryptocerus) cf. pusillus

Very individual shaped Myrmicinae which can close their nest entries with their head similar like Camponotus truncatus. This species is ideal for keeping in a community basin (basin with different ants species) because they don't attack other species. They even can't be attacked by other species because of their individual shape. In danger they duck down like a turtle on to the ground and even their antennas can be hidden in special notch on the head. In addition Cephalotes have a very good sight and reacts very fast on movements in their environment. Some Cephalotes species can control their flight direction during free fall with the purpose to land on their nest tree.

Important keeping notice: The nest branches have got to be able to dry off permanently. A good air circulation is essential. Mould growth in nesting area can kill the ants in the long-term.

• Taxonomy: Subfamilie Myrmicinae, Tribe Cephalotini
• Distribution: South America
• Color: silvery-black
• Size: 3 - 7 mm, Queen: approx. 9 mm
• 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 trees and hollow stems of bushes
• Planting: Plants with nectary like Passiflora, Impatiens, etc. useful
• Specifics: polymorph (3 - 7 mm)

 

Crematogaster limata parabiotica, Camponotus femoratus (Ants garden)

 

• Distribution: South America
• Color: black
• Size: Crematogaster: 2 - 3 mm, Camponotus: 5 - 10 mm (polymorph)
• Appearance: black with yellow antenna tops, lank
• Hibernation: No
• Nutrition: Honey-/Sugar water and insects
• Temperature: warm, 22 - 28°C (Rainforest climate)
• Humidity: high
• Soil condition: see nest building
• Nest building: Ants garden on trees
• Planting: Ficus or similar
• Keeping level: medium
• Specifics: Parabiosis between Crematogaster and Camponotus

Crematogaster spec.

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Cyphomyrmex sp.

Fungi breeding myrmicinae from south America. Cultivates the fungus of insect feces/corpus, pieces of fruits. It's very appropriated to combine them in one basin with other ant species. Also aggressive ant species are almost innocuous to them because they seems to have an daunting substance. They don't cut leaves.

• Taxonomy: Subfamily Myrmicinae,Tribe Attini
• Origin: Southern America
• Hibernation: No
• Color: medium till dark brown
• Nest bulding: Within fungi under rotten wood
• Nutrition: fungi which the ants cultivate of pieces of fruits and insect feces/corpus.
• Temperature: 25 - 28°C
• Air humidity: 60 - 80 % (tropical rainforest)
• Soil conditions: moist Humus (foliage) and rotten wood
• Planting: possible but not necessary
• Keeping Level: easy