You will receive Tetramorium caespitum queen ant and 5-15 workers (depending on your selection) inside a test tube with food and water
 
Guarantee: Queen guaranteed to be alive on arrival.
Latin Name:
 
Tetramorium caespitum
Trivialname:
 
-
Taxonomy:
 
Subfamily: Myrmicinae Tribe: Tetramoriini
Keeping Level:
 
(1) suitable for beginners, but good escape prevention necessary
Distribution:
 
Europe to Westsibira
Habitate:
 
prefers xerothermic openland, sunexposed Forestedges,
in urbanareas on sealed spaces, often as houseant
Colonyform:
 
monogyne
Queen:
 
Size: 6 - 8mm Colour: brown- black
Worker:
 
Size: 2 - 4mm Colour: brown- black
Soldier:
 
not present
Males:
 
Size: 5 - 7mm Colour: black
Nutrion:
 
Honeywater and insects e.g. Dipterans like Flies or Mosquitos,
seeds
Airhumidity:
 
Arena: 30 - 50% Nestpart: 50 - 60%
Temperature:
 
Arena: 18 - 28°C Nestpart: 21 - 24°C
Hibernation:
 
yes, from end of October until end of March at 5 - 8°C 
Nestform:
 
Build their nest in soil, under stones
Kind of Formicaria:
 
Farm, Farmbasin, Basin, Framebasin, Island, Acrylflatformicaria,
Ytong/Plasternest, Digfix
Formicaria size:
 
Size: S
Substrate:
 
Farm: Sand-Loam Arena: Sand, Loam
Planting:
 
like grassland
Decoration:
 
Branches, Roots, Treeneedels, Stones
Description:
 
aggressive ants which show high activity during warmdays.
This specie is an important host for Strongylognathus testaceus and Anergates astratulus.
Development:
 
matingflight: from july to august 
founding:  claustral (without feeding)
colonysize: up to 10 000 workers
Quantity:
 
one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); brood 
(depending on the season and development)
Weblinks:
 
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Tetramorium_caespitum

Shipping Restrictions: We do not ship live specimens outside of Europe
 
Any issues, please let us know.
 
Thank you