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[kashmir79]

heya im thinking of Camponotus herculeanus on tuesday night hopefully and i was wondering are they ok to keep

what food do they like, similar to Ligniperda demands ?

regards

Ryan

[miszt]

they are great ants very slow brood development tho

myne eat virtually anything, crickets, moths, spiders etc

[Purifier]

Is the brood development of all camponotus slow? Because i have a Camponotus cf. crassus and i want to know it

[miszt]

not all, dunno bout that species tho

[Purifier]

Uhm....could not understand that post. But i think you want to tell me that you dont know if they grow slow

[miszt]

no, not all are slow developers, but i dont know whether crassus is slow or fast

[mpir]

All Camponotus are not slow developers. A good freind of mine has Camonotus fellah from Israel and he was amazed by the speed of their colony growth. In late spring he started with a new queen and now he has more than 100 workers. I think "exotic" Camponotus grow quite fast while European Camponotus are rather slow. Not sure which one is yours.

[Purifier]

Oh okay, thanks. My Camponotus are exotic. They are from south Amerika.
Then i hope my new workers would born soon, my queen lay many eggs

[JimmyVe]

I have a few Camponotus species form south America myself, 2 of them grows very fast the other one is rather slow. But not so slow as European Camponotus.

@kashmir79: They are similar the keep.

[Skippy]

I had much species from Europe and exotic ,and I can tell ,exotic species colonies growing faster ,some species not much ,but faster.

My ant collection is all about Camponotuses ,so this is species with which I have much experience ,more as with other species.

@mpir: I also have Campo fellah ,dont forget

Skippy

[Purifier]

Yeah. I belive there are only a few Camponotus species who are hard to keep.
But what is hard to keep?! I would say only Atta or Acromyrmex or Pheidolegton ants are hard to keep.
I started with some Polyrhachis dives and the do well

[kashmir79]

heya, My Queen arrrived today, and Hercu** seems to look identicle to Ligniperda, but i researched wat they look like and they do seem very similar ( the red glow under their abdomens)

she seems very healthy, with 4 larvae in a little pile

will she lay anymore eggs? , seen as though its late autumn ??

[Martin S.]

perhaps the photo from the Camponotus herculeanus is helpfull for you:
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The different is not only the color. The legs are smaller as by the Camponotus ligniperda.

regards
Martin

[miszt]

i discovered last night that Herculeanus have a very nasty sting! cant be sure that I was stung, maybe just bitten and formic acid rubbed into it....but it sure as hell hurts!! (I didnt spot a worker walking about on the glass and nearly squashed her! so i kinda deserved the sting!)

[kashmir79]

ouch ! yeh itl be Acid, they bite then inject into the bite wound