Colony
- Currently not available Contains about 70- 100 workers | |
Small colony
- Currently not available With 20-40 workers |
A very large Meranoplus spec. which nests in dead wood or soil nests. The workers are having about 7-8mm more than twice as large known as the Meranoplus bicolor.
This ant is only suitable for a community tank. As is the large diurnal ant colonies they would be very well suited for densely planted a tropical pool. The diet with sugar or honey water and insects is very easy.
Colony
- Currently not available With 200-300 workers |
Colony
- Currently not available With 20 workers |
Oriental Messor species which doesn't need hibernation. This species is also active in cool season in their range. It is significant easier to keep this species than for example Messor barbarus and they subsist on seeds, honey-/sugar water but also insects (similar to many Pheidole species). A typical identifiers is the caldera formed nest entry. They will often be found in sand or loamy sand. The shape of the body is slimmer than of Messor barbarus and the color of the workers is brown till black. The queen is colored black with brown legs.
Queen - Currently not available | |
Colony
- Currently not available Contains 30 - 50 ants | |
Large colony
- Currently not available With 150 - 200 workers |
These specie build carton nests, similar like wasps, they need high air humidity for the nestbuilding (often spray in the closed basin). They sit up on their long extremities by danger and deliver a little drop turpentinelike defence-secretion at their protruding sting. Slow walking animals. Never nestling in the soil; carton nests often under leafs, no house-ant.
Colony,two colored ant, brown-beige
- Currently not available Contains several 100-150 workers, and 1 Queen | |
Colony, black workers
- Currently not available Contains several 150-200 workers, polygyn |
An undemanding ants species from the mountains of Southeast Asia which is good for keeping cooler. Because colonies of this species becomes large is is suited for keeping in large basin complxes connected with pipes. Also this Myrmicaria defend oneself with it's defense secretion.
Note: Shipping abbroad in winter (November-March) at your own risk.
Colony
- Currently not available With about 70-100 workers |
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