You'll get Temnothorax Nylanderi and Queen and 5-60 workers Live Queen Ant and brood(optional) in a test tube set up! We post First Class ONLY. Guarantee: Queen guaranteed to be alive on arrival. Latin Name: Temnothorax Nylanderi. Taxonomy: Keeping Level: (1) suitable for beginners; Habitate: prefers mixed Forest, moderate moisture; Colonyform: monogyne; Queen: Size: 3,5 - 4,7 mm Colour: like worker, Gaster darkbrown; Worker: Size: 2,3 - 3,5 mm Colour: yellow to yellowish brown, Gaster darkbrown; Soldier: not present; Males: Size: 2,5 - 3,5 mm Colour: like the queen; Nutrion: Honeywater and insects e.g. Dipterans like Flies or Mosqitos; Airhumidity: Arena: 30 - 50% Nestpart: 50 - 60%; Temperature: Arena: 18 - 28°C Nestpart: 21 - 24°C; Hibernation: yes, from the end of October until end of March at 5 - 8°C; Nestform: Build their nest in acorns, sticks, under bark or galls; Kind of Formicaria: Plaster, PLA, Acrylic; Formicaria size: Size: S; Farm: Cork, Lightwood Arena: Sand, Loam, Humus, Wood; Decoration: Branches, Roots, Treeneedels, Acorns; Description: Extremely small and interesting ants. The colony mostly contains not more than about 200 workers. One colony often fits into an acorn. Very active and nice to look at. Avoids conflicts with other ants, e.g. they can be kept with other bigger species in one formicarium. Attention: Temnothorax directly lives on the ground. Therefore the colony needs daily temperature changes. It is important to simulate realistic temperature changes of day and night as well as summer and winter. Temnothorax is resistant against cold temperatures. They can easily be kept and hibernate outside. Development: mating flight: on warm evenings mid - July to the middle of September founding: claustral (without feeding) but also Pleometrosis or Adoptions are possible. Colony size: rarely up to 100 workers up to 19 years Weblinks:https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Temnothorax_nylanderi; Any issues, please let us know. Thank you
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