Pheidola Ants are species from Asia. They are very common there and very attractive because of their soldiers with their powerful mandibles and huge heads guarding the nest.
 
You will receive Pheidole Noda Queen Ant with workers and eggs and brood (depending on your selection) inside a test tube with food and water.
 
Guarantee: Queen guaranteed to be alive on arrival.
 
Please kindly check “KB ANTS” YouTube Care Video on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhIkXPZxUYI
 
Latin Name: Pheidole cf. noda
Synonyms: Pheidole nodus, Pheidole rhombinoda
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Pheidolini
Keeping Level: 1,2,3 (2 - Medium) shows higher requirements to climate and escape prevention Distribution: Japan, Vietnam, Java, India, Sri Lanka
Habitate: Open land, woodland and woodmargins
Colonyform: Monogyne
Queen: Size: 13mm Colour: black
Worker: Size: 3 - 4,5mm Colour: head and gaster blackish brown, Thorax reddish brown
Soldier: Size: 4-5mm Colour: blackish-brown with a larger postpetiole
Males: Colour: blackish-brown
Nutrition: Honeywater, insects (small fruit flies, houseflies and small crickets), grains e.g. sesame, amaranthus or millet
Air humidity: Arena: 50 - 70% Nestpart: 50 - 80%
Temperature: Arena: 21 - 30°C Nestpart: 24 - 28°C
Hibernation: no
Nest form: Nest in soil, under stones, under and in rotten wood
Kind of Formicaria: Farm, Farmbasin, Basin, Framebasin, Island, Plaster
Formicaria size: Size: S - M
Substrate: Farm: Sand-loam Arena: Sand-loam
Planting: Similar to forest Decoration: Stones, Leaf litter, Twigs
Description: This Pheidole is very common in the southwestern regions of Japan.
They establish smaller colonies then other Pheidole species and nest disturbance don`t influence the production of soldiers. They are specialist in escaping so you will need a good escape prevention.
Founding: claustral
Colony size: approx. 3000 workers
 
Weblinks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheidole_noda
 
We post First Class only.
 
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.
 
Any questions, please let us know.
 
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