Messor cephalotes: Messor cephalotes (30. Apr 2008 11:49)

Winged female and male of Messor cephalotes, the largest harvester ant in the world (Kenya, April 2008).

mzfckr: (30. Apr 2008 12:28)

do you know the size? is it fertile?
btw, someone knows if anyone sell them?

Messor cephalotes: Messor cephalotes (30. Apr 2008 13:11)

Edit Antstore post from 14:02

The queens of Messor cephalotes (described by Menozzi in 1939) are 18 - 18,7 mm long.

Winged females and males near Naivasha, Kenya, 22th April 2008, after strong rains.

Necturus: (30. Apr 2008 22:34)

cava,

very beautiful pictures you took there. thank you for sharing :) Very impressive ants.
Greetings,
Necturus

JimmyVe: (1. Mai 2008 18:43)

Very nice pictures !
So i understand you have them now yourself ? I hope they give you nice colonies. (damn this ants are big :) )

Messor cephalotes: Messor cephalotes workers (1. Mai 2008 22:35)

The major workers are 13 to 18 mm long.

KiamCameron: (1. Mai 2008 22:45)

Dam thats big...

Messor cephalotes: Messor cephalotes workers (1. Mai 2008 22:54)

A "supermajor" !

mzfckr: (2. Mai 2008 06:36)

do you caught the majors outside? is any queen has become fertile?

Messor cephalotes: Messor cephalotes (2. Mai 2008 10:34)

The winged females, the males and the workers were kept time to make somes photos then were released. The queen have been found two days after in her hole on the area of a big nest.

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