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[Catualda]

Greetings,
As the title says im looking for people to share their experiences with this species, Formica sanguinea (and if possible some photos of their setup).

The basic idea is that im looking forward to set up a "big" formicarium for this species and have already set up the possibility to add some serviformica species later.

Thank you in advance.

[JimmyVe]

I keep them for about a year now, they are doing well. The colony has about 30 workers now from which 15 are slaves. (Formica fusca)
I keep them in a y-tong nest with a small out world (for now).
Here you can find some pictures of my colony.

[gabranth]

i don't have any formica sanguinea workers yet

[JimmyVe]

That is not a problem. If the slaves take good care of your queen and brood you will have nice workers soon.

[gabranth]

i thought the caccons that looked like myrmica rubra cacoons were there workers but when they darkened they were all black ive got a load of eggs though

[tail__]

Myrmica rubra don't make cocoons :\

[gabranth]

they do only instead of it being round its the same shape as the ants body

[tail__]

Oww man, every pupa is ant-shaped, and Myrmicinae don't make cocoons :\ They have naked pupae :\

[gabranth]

nope they have a small layer of skin around them


edit: there in there final skin malt still functions like a cacoon

[FredeP]

Hello, I have a question
- if I wanted to buy Formica sanguinea, can I so also buy a Formica rufibarbis, so they also have slaves? Or what shall I do, if I wanted have a few slaves, with thier own queen?

[gabranth]

yep you could do that i got a fusa colony as slaves for mine both with there own basin

[FredeP]

Okay - but do they not kill the fusca queen? Or what?

[gabranth]

they will if you keep them in the same tube you need to keep there nests apart from each other 2 basins or ytong connected by a tube or in a large basin with 1 colony at one end and the other at the other end

[KiamCameron]

yeah there is a possibility still that they do kill the queen though...

[FredeP]

It's hard to control a colonies like that?d: