name: Camponotus vagushomeland: south and central Europecaste: polymorph and monogynappearence of the queen: Colour: black, 14-16 mmappearence of the workers: Colour: black, 6-12 mmnest building: Build their nest under stones and wood with greater underground areas.nutrition: Honeywater or insectstemperature: Kind of tough (room temperature). In the nature they keep hybernation (Should be seasoned during the winter at cool places)air humidity: Moderate climatenumber of basins: 1 basin is adequatedimension of the basin: At least 30x20x20 cm (adjust to the colony size)soil conditions: Sand, humusplanting: sand / loam with branches, roots, moosaccessories: Lamp, radiant heaterlevel: For beginnerspecifics: Life in free places, sand dunes into coniferous forests. The colonies can contain 1000-10,000 animals. Very aggressively and combatstrengthen, the arrow-fast movementsquantity: one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); brood (depending on the season and development)