Mystrium oculatum
| Latin Name: |  |
Mystrium camillae |
| Trivialname: |  |
Vampireant |
| Taxonomy: |  |
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae Tribe: Amblyoponini |
| Keeping Level: |  |
(2) set higher requirements to climate and nutrition |
| Distribiution: |  |
Southern China, India, Indonesia,Malaysia, Borneo, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Habitate: |  |
tropical rainforest |
| Colonyform: |  |
- |
| Queen: |  |
Size: 8 - 10mm Colour: darkred, long mandibles |
| Worker: |  |
Size: 3 - 6mm Colour: red, long mandibles |
| Soldier: |  |
not present |
| Males: |  |
Size: - Colour: - |
| Nutrition: |  |
they are specialised on centipedes but do take insects in captivity |
| Airhumidity: |  |
Arena: 50 - 70% Nestpart: 50 - 80% |
| Temperature: |  |
Arena: 21 - 30°C Nestpart: 21 - 26°C |
| Hibernation: |  |
no |
| Nestform: |  |
nest in soil, under rotten wood, in dry twigs, |
| Kind of Formicaria: |  |
Farm, Farmbasin, Basin, Framebasin, Island, Ytong/Plaster |
| Formicaria size: |  |
Size: M - L |
| Substrate: |  |
Farm: Sand-loam Arena: Sand-loam |
| Planting: |  |
similar to tropical Rainforest |
| Decoration: |  |
stones, leaves, twigs, cork |
| Description: |  |
The genus Mystrium is a hidden living antspecies found all over the world around the equator. They are hunting centipedes in the leaf litter and feeding the Lymphsectres of their own larvae. |
| Development: |  |
matingflight: with beginning of the rain-period founding: semiclaustral colonysize: a few hundred workers |
| Quantity: |  |
one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); brood (depending on the season and development) |
| Weblinks: |  |
- Forum - Reference |