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ioanpara: Cataglyphis nodus (17. Sep 2012 23:04)

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I think that they are C ataglyphis nodus..

I live in greece. I found them at tripoli of peloponisos . altitude 700m.
Their size:
queen:15-17cm
workers:6-16cm

I would like to know queen's lifetime and if they need hibernation when winter comes. Any info about keeping these species would be usefull!

Thank you.

Ameisenfreund: Re: Cataglyphis nodus (18. Sep 2012 13:26)

I would agree with you that this Cataglyphis nodus are.
They hold not hibernate and they need lots of room to run.

baumarkthammer: Re: Cataglyphis nodus (21. Sep 2012 16:01)

Well the do hibernate. However they hibernate unter quite high temperatures. I think about 15°C is enough for them to hibernate.

They need very high temperatures and a lot of space since they very active and very activley hunt. Also their basin should be fairly dry, the nest should be a little moist.
Cataglyphis colonies grow very fast when you have the right temperatures.

I belive there is no data about the lifetime of a queen but I assume that it will be well above 10 years.

I´m not sure about the species though because I don´t exactly know what Cataglyphis species live in Greece. However antweb doesn´t list Cataglyphis nodus for Greece but lists Cataglyphis bicolor which has simular colors.
http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=cataglyphis&rank=genus&project=greeceants