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[twizz0]

Hello forum peoples,

Just a quick question, I can find alot of information about Messor barbarus but almost none on Messor cf. capitatus is there a reason no one seems to keep them or is it that Messor barbarus are easier to get hold of and easier to keep.

What little information I have managed to find leads me to belive they are very simalar to Messor barbarus in they way you should keep them. Is this correct or have a missed a massive bit of info which is why no one seems to have them?

Thanks,

Tris

[baumarkthammer]

Messor capitatus are like most other Messor very much like Messor barbarus.
I could observe them in nature when i was in Croatia. They live quite dry and feed mostly on grass-corn but I also saw them collecting dead insects .
The majors of Messor capitatus are also very big and nearly can´t walk with their giant heads. You shouldn´t use to much pipes and stuff because that could be a problem for the majors and media workers.

But you are right to keep them like Messor barbarus.

[twizz0]

baumarkthammer, thank you for your reply. So basicly keep the pipe runs between areas short but other than that keep them like any other Messor.

Cheers

Tris