von baumarkthammer » 10. Jul 2010 02:44
Just very small ants, one single worker doesn´t live very long.
They need small insects when the colony is small but later on they eat everything.
Like it pretty moist. Can raise brood very quick compared to many Lasius species and much quicker than Camponotus. Got like one soldire on ten or more normal minor workers.
Need very much insect food later because they can lay very many eggs very fast; the nests at the end are really big and nearly comperable to the nests of Solenopsis but Pheidole are very slower in laying eggs and the brood needs much longer to raise than the one of Solenopsis.
Pheidole like hot nests since they live in the south of europe. Also Pheidole are good escapers and like to walk out of the basin.