Latin Name: |
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Polyrhachis rastellata |
Trivialname: |
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Taxonomy: |
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Subfamily: Formicinae Tribe: Camponotini
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Keeping Level: |
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(2) easy to keep but higher requirements to escapeprevention
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Distribution: |
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China, Taiwan, Borneo, Indonesien, Indien, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nordaustralien |
Habitate: |
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Colonyform: |
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polygyne |
Queen: |
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Size: 6,8 - 8mm Colour: shiny black, legs red, thorax bulky |
Worker: |
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Size: 5,5 - 6,2mm Colour: shiny black, legs red |
Soldier: |
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Size: 5 - 6mm Colour: -
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Males: |
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Size: - Colour: black, slim
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Nutrition: |
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honeywater, insects (small fruit flies, houseflies and small crickets), |
Airhumidity: |
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Arena: 50 - 70% Nestpart: 50 - 80%
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Temperature: |
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Arena: 28- 30°C Nestpart: 28 - 30°C
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Hibernation: |
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no
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Nestform: |
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build silknest between leafes and hollow branches |
Kind of Formicaria:
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Farm, Farmbasin, Basin, Framebasin, Island, Acrylcylinder,Ytong/Plaster
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Formicaria size: |
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Size: M - XL
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Substrate: |
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Farm: Sand-loam Arena: Sand-loam
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Planting: |
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similar to tropical rainforest |
Decoration: |
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stones, Leaflitter, cork , branches
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Description: |
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These beautiful black ants build there Nest made of silk and Plantfibres. Similar to Oecophylla the larvae don?t produces a silkcocoon. |
Development: |
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matingflight: -
founding: semiclaustral often in Pleometrosis
colonysize: e few hundred workers
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Quantity: |
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one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); brood (depending on the season and development) |
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