Latin Name: |
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Pachycondyla harpax |
Trivialname: |
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Taxonomy: |
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Subfamily: Ponerinae Tribe: Ponerini |
Keeping Level: |
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(2) show higher requirements to climate and escapeprevention |
Distribution: |
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Southern USA to North Argentina |
Habitat: |
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wetforest and lowland rainforest |
Colonyform: |
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monogyne, reproductive worker produce males |
Queen: |
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Size: 9 - 11mm Colour: black, legs reddish, has fulldeveloped females and ergatoid queens |
Worker: |
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Size: 7 - 10mm Colour: black, legs reddish |
Soldier: |
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not present |
Males: |
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Size: 9mm Colour: Head and Thorax black, Gaster and legs yellowish brown |
Nutrition |
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living insects like fruit flies,spring tails, mealworm and sugar-, or honeywater they have no socialstomach so honeywater or sugarsolution must more fluend. |
Airhumidity: |
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Arena: 50 - 70% Nestpart: 50 - 70% |
Temperature: |
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Arena: 21 - 30°C Nestpart: 25 - 30°C |
Hibernation: |
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no |
Nestform: |
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nest in soil, often under rotten logs, stones or wood |
Kind of Formicaria: |
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Farm, Farmbasin, Basin, Framebasin, Island, Acrylcylinder, Ytong/Plasternest, Digfix |
Formicaria size: |
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Size: M - XL |
Substrate: |
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Farm: Sand-Loam, humus, Sand Arena: Sand, Sand-Loam, Humus |
Planting: |
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similar to tropical rainforest |
Decoration: |
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Branches, Roots, leaves |
Description: |
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Pachycondyla harpax is a small Pachycondyla common from Southern Northamerica to the tropical parts of Argentina. They are active predators looking for small athropoda especially termites. Besides there stinger they produce a foam from their gaster similar to Pachycondyla rufipes or P. striata.
Pachycondyla harpax is not aggressive and react very calm on nestdisturbance. |
Development: |
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matingflight:
founding: semiclaustral (with feeding)
colonysize: up to 500 Individuals in captivity |
Quantity: |
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one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); brood (depending on the season and development) |
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