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[miszt]

This is a diurnal, conspicuous golden colored Camponotus species. It will be commonly called as Golden ant due to their golden pubescence on the gaster. Likes very sunny places, will forage alone or in small groups, will direct workers in tandem movement to food source or new nest.

* Taxonomy: Subfamily Formicinae, Tribe Camponotini
* Distribution: South Asia
* Color: black with golden gaster
* Characteristics: haired gaster, monogyne
* Size: Queen about 11 - 13 mm
* Nutrition: Honey- or sugar water and insects
* Hibernation: No (see climate)
* Climate: Tropical
* Nest building: Soil nests
* Planting: nothing specific

Golden Ants! I've wanted these since seeing them on a nature documentry a few years ago! these arent the completly gold ones, but they have a gold gaster and black head/thorax/legs

They will be replacing my doomed cataglyphis colony next week when the Queen arrives

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[ant dude]

golden ants, looks like a lovely species to have........looks well-nice

i hope these ants make u proud and happy....................because if it would me i certainley would be lol

[Skippy]

God job Mizst

I am going to buy this one also , probably next week , very nice specie.

[miszt]

Tank is ready

Air Temp stablized at 26-28C during the day, and 18-20 at night, 50-90% humidity

Warm humid section of Ytong nest @ 23C and 80-100% humidity, cooler dry section @ 19-22C and 30-60% humidity

these come from India, so this seems about right to me, i used a ytong with a large resiviour in the top left side, which i've filled with gravel and a mini-palm type plant (gravel is to stop these soil diggers setting up nest there)

Ground covering is a layer of sand/loam and a thin layer of peat (rather than soil, peat has less nutriants, so less likly to go moldy)

Only thing left to do is fix a fan for more ventilation because of the high humidty, i dont want molds growing!

Also added sum live moss, which i'm hoping will do well in the high humidity, but its english moss, so may not like the high tempretures, also added a few fake plants i had left over from my aquarium

[Skippy]

My Camponotus sericeus queen arrived today

[Skippy]

what? I keeping only queen , no colony ... in tube and tube is inside special aquarium

[miszt]

looks nice and healthy he didnt post myne until yesterday so a few more days to wait yet

[JimmyVe]

Great ant. Good luck Skippy. (i have to wait until i have more room to keep this one ore any other species... )

[Purifier]

Hehe. You should rent another home especially for your ants
I would see the face of the hirere when he visit your home and see dozen ants

[miszt]

i wuld complain about all the off topic banter, but they still havnt arrived and its very cold here now

[Necturus]

Hey guys,
on that behalf, my girlfriend suprised me with a Camponotus sericeus queen today !
Going to show some pictures as soon as i get my hands on the cam cable tomorrow.
The queen looks like a gold coin! Breathtakingly beautifull. In the few hours of her stay here, she already layed some extra eggs, and now im looking forward to seeing a new colony start
Jimmy, best luck on getting your girlfriend used to our wonderfull pets. As soon as the enthusiasm start, she will want them all over the house;)
Best of luck for you in your new home and that new part of your life!
Greetings,
Necturus

[ant dude]

some pics cant wait, espially from those ants they look proper nice

good luck to u too jimmyve, u r a proper ledge on dis site (but u probaly already know lol although there r many other ledgends on dis site)

[Necturus]

Oh miszt, im sorry, i didnt notice it was to be your report. i hope your queen gets there healthy...
Hope you dont mind me puting the pictures here, dont know where else to take them;)




Sorry for the funky formation, im on my girlfriends laptop...smaller screen and no decent picture software.

You are lucky.

I am indeed!

Greetings,
Necturus

[ant dude]

nice, nice, nice these species r well lush. great pics................amazing acshely.........i want some now!!! hopefully in 5 or 10+years or somthink i might have an queen/colony of these species. i have to have more expirence though

[Purifier]

Yeah relly nice pics necturus. Do you make a holding bulletin (dont know the English word ) from this ant in the German forum?