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This is a diurnal, conspicuous golden colored Camponotus species. It will be commonly called as Golden ant due to their golden pubescence on the gaster. Likes very sunny places, will forage alone or in small groups, will direct workers in tandem movement to food source or new nest.
* Taxonomy: Subfamily Formicinae, Tribe Camponotini
* Distribution: South Asia
* Color: black with golden gaster
* Characteristics: haired gaster, monogyne
* Size: Queen about 11 - 13 mm
* Nutrition: Honey- or sugar water and insects
* Hibernation: No (see climate)
* Climate: Tropical
* Nest building: Soil nests
* Planting: nothing specific
Golden Ants! I've wanted these since seeing them on a nature documentry a few years ago! these arent the completly gold ones, but they have a gold gaster and black head/thorax/legs
They will be replacing my doomed cataglyphis colony next week when the Queen arrives :)
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golden ants, looks like a lovely species to have........looks well-nice :thumright:
i hope these ants make u proud and happy....................because if it would me i certainley would be lol :grin:
God job Mizst
I am going to buy this one also , probably next week ;) , very nice specie.
Tank is ready :D
Air Temp stablized at 26-28C during the day, and 18-20 at night, 50-90% humidity
Warm humid section of Ytong nest @ 23C and 80-100% humidity, cooler dry section @ 19-22C and 30-60% humidity
these come from India, so this seems about right to me, i used a ytong with a large resiviour in the top left side, which i've filled with gravel and a mini-palm type plant (gravel is to stop these soil diggers setting up nest there)
Ground covering is a layer of sand/loam and a thin layer of peat (rather than soil, peat has less nutriants, so less likly to go moldy)
Only thing left to do is fix a fan for more ventilation because of the high humidty, i dont want molds growing!
Also added sum live moss, which i'm hoping will do well in the high humidity, but its english moss, so may not like the high tempretures, also added a few fake plants i had left over from my aquarium
My Camponotus sericeus queen :) arrived today
what? I keeping only queen , no colony ;) ... in tube and tube is inside special aquarium :)
looks nice and healthy :) he didnt post myne until yesterday :( so a few more days to wait yet
Great ant. Good luck Skippy. (i have to wait until i have more room to keep this one ore any other species... ;) )
Hehe. You should rent another home especially for your ants :grin:
I would see the face of the hirere when he visit your home and see dozen ants :lol:
i wuld complain about all the off topic banter, but they still havnt arrived :( and its very cold here now :(