Messor cephalotes

[Harwood]

I'd be interested in hearing if anybody knew where to order these!

[baumarkthammer]

There is a shop I think from Israel where you can order Messor arenarius they are nearly as big as Messor cephalotes.
But this is the only thread I saw in years in which somebody really had Messor cephalotes. They are very rare as nearly every ant from Africa.

[Messor cephalotes]

23th April 2012 : swarm of Messor cephalotes at the Great Rift Valley Lodge, Naivasha. I saw many Messor angularis queens but only one Messor cephalotes queen beginning to dig its nest.

[Messor cephalotes]

My new Messor cephalotes colony.

[AntsNational]

Very nice! I wish I could have this ant, congratulations!

[AntsInSL]

Real cuties!

Looks like they are philoprogenitive, how long did it take for the first worker to hatch?

Regards, AntsInSL

[Messor cephalotes]

Queen found 24th April 2012 on the ground of the golf course at the Great Rift Valley Lodge. 01 May first eggs ; 18th June two larvae ; 8th July 4 nymphae ; first worker 17th July.

Edit:
Sorry 24th April it was the first queen (in 2008). I found the second 23th April 2012.

[Antagoniser]

Does anyone have any information on where I could purchase these ants?

"Messor cephalotes", I would happily pay you for one of these colonies.