ANTSTORE World of Ants

[ant dude]

hi everyone on the anstore forum,my name is alex and although new to this forum i am not new to ants . could someone please help me? in the antstore shop there is Manica rubida species, i have been quite intrested in this species for a while now but there is not an english description for them, however there is a german descripthion so could someone please tranlate for me please what it acshely says on the german description or someone that has expirence of them.thanks will be very grateful for replys.
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Name: Manica rubida
Heimat: Europa
Kaste: Polygyn
Aussehen der Königin: 10 - 13 mm groß, dunkelrot
Aussehen der Arbeiterin: 5 - 9 mm groß, bernsteingelb bis rotbraun
Aussehen der Soldaten: ---
Nestbau: Nistet gerne unter Steinen (Erdnest)
Nahrung: Honigwasser, kleine Insekten
Temperatur: Zimmertemperatur, hält Winterruhe
Luftfeuchtigkeit: Gemässigtes Klima, trocken
Formicarien: Insel, Ameisenfarm + Arena, Becken
Durchgang: 5-10 mm ausreichend
Plattenabstand 5-10 mm ausreichend
Bodenbeschaffenheit: Sand, Lehm, Humus, Holz
Bepflanzung: Gräser, Moos und trocken gewächse
Formicarienzubehör: Nicht notwendig
Haltungsklasse: 1
Risikoklasse: 1
Qualitätsklasse: 1
Gefahren: können stechen.
Besonderheit: Aktive Jäger die auch größere Tiere erbeuten, die sie mit ihrem Stachel töten. Sie sind nur wenig angriffslustig aber dennoch sehr wehrhaft und von anderen Ameisenarten kaum zu überwältigen.
Menge: 1 Königin mit Brut und Arbeiterinnen (siehe Auswahl)

Hinweis: Diese Art gilt in Deutschland als gefährdet! Daher stammen unsere Angebote nicht aus Deutschland, sondern wurden aus dem Ausland importiert!

[miszt]

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[ant dude]

what is manica rubida behavier like in captivity? in terms of aggresion, nest construction and how many workers would they rougly have in one year say starting from just a queen. as im very intersted in these species i wish to know more about them

i will be extremly grateful for all replys

[ant dude]

someone please help even if its only a lil bit of info, i cant find anythink on the web or on this forum

look first one above for questions

[miszt]

i dont keep these ants myself, but i've seen all of those questions answered on this forum, run a search and i'm sure u'l get the answers ur lookin for u may need to search the german forums aswell, but then babelfish.altavista.com will help u there

[tail__]

I'm also interested in this species and I probably will hunt for it next spring. They are quite common in my town, but new queens are rather rare.
What I know from Polish ant websites:
These ants develop quite slowly - in normal conditions, with hibernation, you won't have more than 100 in one year. Their colonies aren't big - even with a few queens (they're polygynic) they don't reach size above 2000. They build nests in sand, but they also live well in other types of formicaria. Like most other ants, they are territorial and quite agressive, they will likely eliminate any other ant nests if you give them chance. For humans, they aren't agressive, though they can sting painfully, they do it only in direct self-defense. If you start from single queen, remember you must feed her with bugs, when first larvae hatch. Their customs are quite primitive - the new queens build the nests and then go out hunting, like wasp queens.

[JimmyVe]

I keep these species myself. What exactly do you want to know ?

[ant dude]

hi there, im very thankful for all replys thanks alot specialy u tail_ thanks aswell miszt but thats quite a lot of trouble its best if i stick to this forum so other people can just look here instead of going to quite a bit of trouble......sorry.

jimmyve

i would maniley want to know about what are they like to keep in captivity say are yours active, basically there pesonality if u know what i mean? the reason i ask questions becaue i would like to own a colony/queen

what set up works well for them basin etc

what food do they like best?

intersting young queens build there nest and hunt for there young

[miszt]

i'm sorry to push the point, but, all you need to know is on this forum already, you just cant be bothered to look for it......as for keeping it here for other people to find, well no they wont find it, coz it doesnt even have the name of the species you are asking about in the title

the problem is ant dude, so many people cant be bothered to run a quick search and get the info they need, if you just put manica rubida into the search on this forum you will find pages and pages of info

its bad etiquette to not search before asking questions

anyways, dont mean to be so negative, but ur just being lazy, and we see it on here almost every day

you are also missing out on lots of other valuable information that you may not think to ask about, but that is in the other threads from other peoples experience

[ant dude]

i have searched the forum twice today and there was no information on rubida just like antwarz and this site just came up etc no ones expirences and no information on them. i am not lazy anyway i see pages of info but all are arelvant

calm down miszt
calm down miszt
calm down miszt
calm down miszt

i can be bothered but nothin came up
i searched even before u said to anyway!

stop lecturing me no ones perfect are they?

people can see if they enter this part of the forum mainly english though i know but anyway,take that back im not lazy

[miszt]

strange, coz i got 2 pages of results for manica rubida, with plenty of info, even with the dodgy translations of babelfish

[ant dude]

yeah but cos its all in german and none in english that is relevant to the subject it does make it a lot harder, although yes there is information but it all takes time reading and sorting it all out.plus when somtimes u need/want to go back to information u have missed or u just wish to read again, u will have to do the whole tranlating progress again to be abel to understand it!

its not a quick search when u have to translate all the other lanuages to english!

[Skippy]

no way ... - >> http://www.antstore.net/viewtopic.php?t=5392

[JimmyVe]

I know sometimes it is hard to find the perfect information and translation pages are not a 100% correct but they are a good help.

But back on topic:

That are in deed nice pictures the one colony (pictures) are mine the other is Skippy's. I know they are in the dutch part of the forum but i think it not done to post all the pictures here and at the dutch part.

Like you can see Skippy's keeps them in a Y-tong (mine are in it to but i do not have pictures of that yet). They like y-tong but you can also keep them in a sand/loam nest.
They are quite active.
They are not really aggressive and they prefer insects as well as sweets (sugar/water ore honey ore ...)
It are European ants so they need a hibernation from about 4-6 months.

About the young queens build there nest and hunt for there young i can not say, i had this one when it was already a small colony (1 queen and about 10 workers)

This all said in my experience with these ants. But every colony is a bit different to handle.

[ant dude]

ok,thanks jimmyve and the others that have helped me understand more about this species

all i got to now is caring on waiting for this species to comeback on stock so i can buy some!!!

i am planing to have them in a glass basin 60x30x20 cm with 27mm drillings. with some sand etc

any last min info or is this info which i have already ok