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The first link: Here you can find a bit of information about this species, maybe you understand it but i shall give what i think is imported.
This species have major and minor workers, the queen is about 18mm big, the workers are about 8-16mm and this species is one off the largest ants in Europe, they need a high temperature from 25-40°c and a low humidity. (does not say how much, but i guess something about 40%)
You can keep them in a y-tong nest are a sand-loam nest.
The second link: i can not find the page, do you have a direct link to it ?
The third link: is very nice, you can find a lot of information about a lot of species. ;)
About the Camponotus cruentatus , there is a guy who write his experience;
16 July he captured the queen
17 July there wash the first egg
2 august he had his first larva
11 august his first cocoon
31 august his first worker.
I hope i help you a bit, if not maybe you need to be a bit more precise what you need to have translated. ;)
Thank you Jimmy
My main worry was the temperature and humidty, I shall check through the forums, to see how to humidify a ytong nest, I shall be making one at the weekend.
Perhaps you could advise me, incase i over look anything.
Your most kind with your help, I thank you again =D>
:exclam: 00 I just also manged to pick up a small spider, wich I took the legs off, (well about half as they were rather long) and gave it to them, and wow, it was crazy in thier, 1 found it, went running back to the tube, as if to say, "guys LIVE FOOD I need some help" :lol: four of them promplty went to it, proceeded to kill it, then drag straight back to the queen, who is now gorging on it... I think I did read somewhere in those foriegn sights that this species are particulary carnivorous, yippe, I like the sound of that.....
this is probably all old news to you guys, but I guess for you it's nice to see another excited enthusiasd, perhaps it takes you back to when you got your first colonies......
Yes yes... you are right... I still remember my first time. I was so young and inexperienced. :D I just couldn't believe that it is really happening. :D At first I was just siting there all stiff and waiting for it to happen. And then... :shock: the ant grabed the bug and killed it. :D :D :D
And they say that ant keeping is for nerds... :wink:
;) lol (nerds...)
Nice to hear you like it so much. For me the first time with every species is different, they all have there one way to feed. ;)
I enjoy it every time when i feed them, it is like little soldiers marching up. ;)
Advice to keep the Y-tong wet. Take a look here
http://www.invertebrate-focus.be/viewtopic.php?t=2082
It is a dutch site but the pictures says it all.
just 2 photos, firstly ; http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/darradar/ants016.jpg
(the photobucket one, strange both taken with same camera at same time, but this one was too large)all in the test tube, and the second next time I looked, they was all in the tube. I have the tube conected to both the openings of the arena, like a loop, mainly just to give them something to do, and extra room, I didnt expect them to move into it, its not attached to anything, as I am making some kind of nest at the weekend, a plaster,sand,cocofibre one I think.
I guess they moved into the tube, as I have the whole the thing coverd with a towel, and at the back where the tube is, its gatherd thickly, so it must be darkest there, do you think that they are ok in the tube, short time?
Its amazing how fast the larvea grow.....and I am sure there are more eggs....
Hope the photo's turn out ok.
The pictures look good darradar. In deed, if you cover up the tube it is nice and dark in there, if they like it there they will probably stay there for a while, but there is nothing to keep the tube moist. Maybe you can cover up the tube (from the first picture) and they could move back. If they do not do that don't worry. They will if it is necessary.
aha, thanks JimmyVe
I have done as you recomended, I guess I will see if they do indeed move back, however I am still waitng on a few deliveries of materials, and I shall be building them a plaster/sand nest, hopefully by this weekend, then they will have a proper place to set up home (if and when they so desire) for the last time.
I shall post a picture when I have completed thier new home.
Darradar
:-s hmm they have chosen to stay in the connecting tube.... and now I am a little worried as you pointed out there/s no moisture in it, I am spraying every other day, quite generously in the arena.....
Although I am sure I did manage to see somwhere this species do prefer a dryer enviroment.... :-k I hope they will be ok..
They in deed prefer a dryer environment. (i thought i read somewhere about 30-50%, but I'm not sure about it) So it is not a big problem that they stay in there for a while. Sooner are later they will move. ;)