Myrmecia cf. nigriceps

• Taxonomie: SubfamilyMyrmiciinae, Tribe Myrmeciini
• Distribution: West Australia, highlands (300 - 400 m)
• Color: Mandible: yellow-brown, Head: black-brown, Thorax: dark red, Abdomen: black
• Size: 25 - 27 mm
• Nestbiulding: soil nest with mounds that are decorated with branchlets or pieces of grass stems. Will be usually found in eucalyptus tree forests, like half-shaded areas.
• Nutrition: insects and honeywater
• Hibernation: No
• Temperature: Summer: day: 26 - 28 °C, night: 18 - 20 °C, Winter: day: 20 - 26 °C, night: 5 - 15 °C
• Air Humidity: dry forest climate
• Soil Conditions: stoney, sandy with foliage and branchlets
• Planting: grasses and small plants
• specifics: This specie is easy to keep, is more aggressive and is more shy than Myrmecia pavida for instance. These animals follow you by their eyes

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