ANTSTORE World of Ants

[ant dude]

hello there antstore forum

any one got any info/expirence with these 'camponotus truncatus' ants? if so please share.
i would like to know the basic stuff, say if i where to go an keep these ants oh by the way anyone know the tempreture for them aswell by any chance?

thanks in advance......please help as i may keep these species soon.

are these ants ok for me too keep are they, easy hard etc. if they are to differcut for me i wont get some, so please say

hope everyone had a great x mas, i know mine was alright

[Messorus]

Small ant specie, from Camponotusinidae, very typical in my country, but hard to keep colony from queen.. I had tree queens and only one, it was also rare, than she had, but she layed eggs and keeped one worker! But after some time worker died and without him died queen
Queen- 8mm
Worker- 4-7mm
Major-6-8mm

[JimmyVe]

No experience with that species, as for as i know they are central European ants, so keep them at the same temperature like other native ants.

[Sphecomyrmex]

I've not experience with that specie, but i know some info on Camponotus (Colobopsis) truncatus. She's more diffused in paleartic region: in central and South Europe, and Asia.

Colony nest in wood. The major workers cover the many entrance of the nest with their large clypeus.

[Messorus]

Colony nest in wood. The major workers cover the many entrance of the nest with their large clypeus.
I know the same information....

[ant dude]

hmm.....so if i do get these ants at somepoint next year. i would have to find big bits of rotten wood or somthing simliar to fit in a basin etc. for them to nest into?

thank u again for your assistence by the way

[miszt]

Most Camp species live in wood when its available, hence the common name 'Carpenter Ant', some are more partial to it than others, but all are adaptable, you dont have to raise them in wood, a ytong will do just aswell, also most camp species will have only part of their nest in wood, the rest will be underground where avilable

[ant dude]

@jimmyve: room tempreture should be fine for them should'nt it?

and are these ants aggresive at all?.........do they capture they capture prey very well? do they forage in groups or on there own?

please help, i know no one doesent no much about this ant but please there has to be somone???

[Philsen]

Hi,

these ants aren´t agressive, only to strange colonys
of Camponotus truncatus. They only live in wood, in
hollow branches, high in the treetop. I don´t know the
situation in England, but in Germany they are very rare
and shouldn´t be keeped. Btw, it is very difficult to keep
them...

Sorry ant dude, but I think you should choose a other species!

....also most camp species will have only part of their nest in wood, the rest will be underground where avilable

Japp, the most, but not Camponotus truncatus.
C. truncatus is generally a very particular species.
They are the only ants with a real soldiercaste here
in Germany and I think in England too. They go very
uncommonly out of their nest. Another reason why you
shouldn´t keep them ant dude. They aren´t juicy to keep...

[Skippy]

Hi,

these ants aren´t agressive, only to strange colonys
of Camponotus truncatus. They only live in wood, in
hollow branches, high in the treetop. I don´t know the
situation in England, but in Germany they are very rare
and shouldn´t be keeped. Btw, it is very difficult to keep
them...

Sorry ant dude, but I think you should choose a other species!



miszt wrote:....also most camp species will have only part of their nest in wood, the rest will be underground where avilable


Japp, the most, but not Camponotus truncatus.
C. truncatus is generally a very particular species.
They are the only ants with a real soldiercaste here
in Germany and I think in England too. They go very
uncommonly out of their nest. Another reason why you
shouldn´t keep them ant dude. They aren´t juicy to keep...

All written here is true, I wont to write this all but Philsen was quicklier

[ant dude]

ok then, i will not get these ants then.......thank u very much for your help

btw england do not have any camponotus species, apart from the ones that ant keepers have in there basin's etc lol