ANTSTORE World of Ants

[undercoverAnt]

Hugely envious of your amazing colony. Well done, it is really inspiring for a newbie like myself to see such a great thread and pictures. Are they still doing well?

all the best,

G

[M.I.B]

NIce But can you show us all the nest pls
THX

[highered]

Why can't we spend about 400 euros on these ants if we save up? There is no realistic laternative that I can see...

[highered]

PS Are you ever going to sell these please?

[highered]

I just checked the previous topic, now I see who you probably convinced to get you those....

[highered]

I am a bit confused now. Can you someone please write clearly the worker and queen size of Myrmecia pavida AND Myrmecia brevinoda? Thanks.
I have seen various contradicting measurements on the internet. I mean if Myrmecia brevinoda workers are twice as big as Myrmecia pavida then are Myrmecia pavida workers 2cm (20mm) long and Myrmecia brevinoda workers 4cm (40mm) long? But even that doesn't make sense as the Myrmecia brevinoda queen would then be about 4.5cm (45mm).
Thanks guys for your help.

[nexapplekaka]

I like it very much！

[baumarkthammer]

@highered, if you want I can make you a photo of my dead Myrmecia pavida.
Indeed Myrmecia pavida workers are about 2cm and the queens are about 2,5cm or bigger (mesurements from dried dead ants).
I can´t look for Myrmecia brevinoda right now but know that they are much bigger but I´m pretty sure that they are not 4cm.

[highered]

Really that small? Thats about the same size as my old African ants. 3cm sounds a better deal for Myrmecia brevinoda though.

[AntsNational]

Once one has obtained a gravid Myrmecia pavida queen, are there any tips as to proper care in the founding stage? I doubt she's fully claustral.

[baumarkthammer]

The colony founding in all Myrmecia species isn´t claustral at all. The queens eat sugar and any other food the colony later on eats, too.
There aren´t any hints I could give you. I never rised a queen, once rised a virgine one, that was very easy. I also never heard that there are any problems in rising Myrmecia pavida.

[AntsNational]

Thank you! It is my first exotic queen from Australia so I just wanted to cover all the angles

[mtrein]

Wow, wonderful. I would love to own a queen of this species. I will have to try and look for a Paraponera here in Brazil, I have seen some Paraponera clavata ants but never a queen.

Edit: All Myrmecia females put eggs, don't they? So if I got a worker, would it be possible to start a colony?

[baumarkthammer]

@mtrein, no Myrmecia brevinoda don´t have gamergates. I belive that there is a species of Myrmecia that does have gamergates but I´m not sure which one and for sure it isn´t avaidable here nor will be in the close future.

[AntsNational]

Yes but on antstore description it writs the queen of myrmecia pavida is about 35mm and workers 30mm and so is like myrmecia brevinoda

The easiest way to tell is by the coloration of their jaws. Myrmecia pavida has lighter yellowish jaws, meanwhile Myrmecia brevinoda has darker reddish jaws.

Cheers