Camponotus Parius Queen Ant with workers Live Queen Ant (see available optoins)
 
Guarantee: Queen guaranteed to be alive on arrival.
 
	
		
			
Latin Name:
			
 
			
Camponotus Parius
		
		
			
Trivial name:
			
 
			
-
		
		
			
Taxonomy:
			
 
			
Subfamily: Formicinae Tribe: Camponotini
		
		
			
Keeping Level:
			
 
			
(2) higher requirements towards climate and escape prevention
		
		
			
Distribution:
			
 
			
Southeast Asia
		
		
			
Habitat:
			
 
			
tropical rainforest
		
		
			
Colony form:
			
 
			
monogyne
		
		
			
Queen:
			
 
			
Size:  14mm Colour: black, silky pilosity on the gaster
		
		
			
Worker:
			
 
			
Size: 5 - 10mm Colour: black, silky pilosity on the gaster, polymorph
		
		
			
Soldier:
			
 
			
not present
		
		
			
Males:
			
 
			
Size: - Colour: -
		
		
			
Nutrition
			
 
			
Honey, insects e.g. Dipterans like flies or mosquitos
		
		
			
Air humidity:
			
 
			
Arena: 50 - 70% Nestpart: 50 - 70%
		
		
			
Temperature:
			
 
			
Arena: 21 - 35°C Nestpart: 24 - 28°C
		
		
			
Hibernation:
			
 
			
No
		
		
			
Nest form:
			
 
			
Build their nest in soil 
		
		
			
Kind of Formicaria:
			
 
			
Ytong/Plasternest
		
		
			
Formicaria size:
			
 
			
Size:  M - L 
		
		
			
Substrate:
			
 
			
Farm: Sand-Loam Arena: Sand, Sand-Loam
		
		
			
Planting:
			
 
			
similar to tropical rainforest with moss and tropical plants e.g passiflora
		
		
			
Decoration:
			
 
			
Branches, roots, leave litter
		
		
			
Description:
			
 
			
			
Camponotus Parius is a very common ant species within the
			
southeast Asian range. Through their golden shining silky pilosity,
			
they show an interesting contrast to their black body.
			
They are very active foragers during the day.
			
		
		
			
Development:
			
 
			
mating flight: with begin of the rain season
			founding:  claustral (without feeding)
			colony size: up to a few 1000 individuals
		
		
			
Quantity:
			
 
			
			
one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); 
			
brood (depending on the season and development)
			
		
		
			
Weblinks:
			
 
			
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Camponotus_parius
		
	
 
Shipping Restrictions: We do not ship live specimens outside of Europe.
 
These ants are not native to the UK and are therefore illegal to release them into the wild.
 
Please contact us if you no longer wish to keep them and we will email you a prepaid postage label so you can send them back to us.
 
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