Crematogaster scutellaris

This is a beautiful colored red-black colored ants species of Southern Europe. This species often forage on long street to their feeding lots. On excitement they raises the gaster upwards similar to a scorpion to defend their attackers with their defense secretion.

• Taxonomy: Subfamily Myrmicinae
• Distribution: Southern Europe
• Color: shiny black with red head
• Size: Queen 7 -9 mm
• Nest building: Nests in death wood of trees.
• Nutrition: Honeywater, insects
• Soil condition: any, wood nests
• Level: easy

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