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[Necturus]

yea, the thread got slightly off course;)
Seems like C.sericeus steals food of bypassing ants, by the way. At least thats what i heard;)
Expect some more pics over the weekend, when i get time to look them through and work on the better ones.
greetings,
Necturus

[miszt]

interestin Necturus, do you know if they Kill the ant before stealin the food or just grab and run?

[JimmyVe]

Didn't knew that Necturus, so they don't capture there own food ?

[Necturus]

Hey guys,
mizt, seems like thes just kind of "snatch" it out of the mandibles of passing ants and make a run for it. Not sure if i can provoke that behaviour in captivity...

Jimmy, they do go for their own food. But seems like they add to their diet that way

And since i had a few minutes at hand, i polished some pics:





Taken shortly after arrival, with around 6 or 7 eggs, resting in darkness now after i supplied a tiny drop of honeywater at 24-25°C. No changes after one week of her stay under my protection.

German report can be found here, probably going to add one in the english part of this forum. My time is still limited, so we'll all have to be patient and see
Necturus

[ant dude]

great pics Necturus, do u think once u have a colony of these ants u will post some more with workers in the pics as it would be nice to see, please

i know as u say u dont have much time on your hands, but maybe some day when u have a spare couple of minutes u could do this.

[Necturus]

Sure will ant dude:)

[Skippy]

I still waiting for eggs , my queen is ok , but today I´ll must try what she wants to eat , because she doesnt want my insects and honeywater. Some special mixture . Nice photos.

[JimmyVe]

Great pictures Necturus.
It would be in deed difficult to do that in captivity (let them steal food from other ants) but i think it nice to see (not for the ants that has been stolen. )

Hope she will have eggs soon Skippy.

[melk9]

My Camponotus sericeus queen arrived today

Hey, Skkipy!!!!
What a beatiful ant you got!
Congratulations

[Skippy]

hehe , a bit old topic but yes ... now I have colony in population ca 1+60 and started to grow really quickly

[highered]

I like golden ants. Does anyone know who sells them? People are talking on this topic about getting them, they must be getting them from somewhere. Thank you.

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Miszt says that there is a species that is completley gold at the begainning of this topic. Has anyone heard of these please? Because I haven't. Thanks

[Zagone]

I've only seen a complete silver one. Don't know name though.

Admittedly only saw one picture, but seeing how R. Metallica has such a unique look, I don't feel silver would be so strange.

[highered]

I know there is a species called Proatta spec which is goldish but is too small.

[AndyB]

Simply a beautiful ant. good luck

[highered]

Theres only one thing that I can say about this topic, and that is does anyone know where I can buy or exchange for this beautiful species of ants? Thanks lots guys!!