kashmir79: Camponotus herculeanus (14. Okt 2007 20:09)

heya im thinking of Camponotus herculeanus on tuesday night hopefully and i was wondering are they ok to keep

what food do they like, similar to Ligniperda demands ?

regards

Ryan :D

miszt: (14. Okt 2007 22:27)

they are great ants :D very slow brood development tho

myne eat virtually anything, crickets, moths, spiders etc

Purifier: (14. Okt 2007 22:38)

Is the brood development of all camponotus slow? Because i have a Camponotus cf. crassus and i want to know it :)

miszt: (14. Okt 2007 23:25)

not all, dunno bout that species tho

Purifier: (14. Okt 2007 23:48)

Uhm....could not understand that post. But i think you want to tell me that you dont know if they grow slow :)

miszt: (15. Okt 2007 00:32)

no, not all are slow developers, but i dont know whether crassus is slow or fast

mpir: (15. Okt 2007 07:17)

All Camponotus are not slow developers. A good freind of mine has Camonotus fellah from Israel and he was amazed by the speed of their colony growth. In late spring he started with a new queen and now he has more than 100 workers. I think "exotic" Camponotus grow quite fast while European Camponotus are rather slow. Not sure which one is yours. :wink:

Purifier: (15. Okt 2007 08:48)

Oh okay, thanks. My Camponotus are exotic. They are from south Amerika.
Then i hope my new workers would born soon, my queen lay many eggs :)

JimmyVe: (15. Okt 2007 15:14)

I have a few Camponotus species form south America myself, 2 of them grows very fast the other one is rather slow. But not so slow as European Camponotus .

@kashmir79: They are similar the keep. ;)

Skippy: (15. Okt 2007 16:10)

I had much species from Europe and exotic ,and I can tell ,exotic species colonies growing faster ;) ,some species not much ,but faster.

My ant collection is all about Camponotuses ,so this is species with which I have much experience ,more as with other species.

@mpir: I also have Campo fellah ,dont forget ;)

Skippy