Amblyopone australis
| Latin Name: |  |
Amblyopone australis |
| Trivialname: |  |
Southern Michelin ant |
| Taxonomy: |  |
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae Tribe: Amblyoponini |
| Keeping Level: |  |
(2) show higher requirements to climate and escapeprevention |
| Distribution: |  |
Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand |
| Habitate: |  |
wet Sclerophyllforest |
| Colonyform: |  |
monogyne also polygyne |
| Queen: |  |
Size: 10mm Colour: reddish to black |
| Worker: |  |
Size: 4,5 - 8mm Colour: reddish to black, slim |
| Soldier: |  |
not present |
| Males: |  |
Size: - Colour: black |
| Nutrion: |  |
strictly insectivore (caterpillars, mealworms, small fruit flies, small crickets and Spring tails) |
| Airhumidity: |  |
Arena: 50 - 70% Nestpart: 50 - 80% |
| Temperature: |  |
Arena: 21 - 30°C Nestpart: 24 - 28°C |
| Hibernation: |  |
no |
| Nestform: |  |
under stones and dead wood, in Leaf litter |
| Kind of Formicaria: |  |
Farm, Farmbasin, Basin, Framebasin, Island, Acrylflatformicaria, Ytong/Plaster |
| Formicaria size: |  |
Size: S - M |
| Substrate: |  |
Farm: Sand-loam Arena: Sand-loam |
| Planting: |  |
similar to sclerophyll Rainforest |
| Decoration: |  |
stones, Leaf litter, Twigs, |
| Description: |  |
- |
| Development: |  |
matingflight: - founding: semiclaustral colonysize: a few hundred workers , polygynous nest up to 2000 workers |
| Quantity: |  |
one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); brood (depending on the season and development) |
| Weblinks: |  |
- Forum - Reference |