Pheidole sp colony queen and 50+ workers

€79.99

The ant Pheidole pallidula, also called thick-headed ant is a very small species found in South-Europe. They are aggressive, fast and move around quickly in search of food in the environment.

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Pheidole species 50+

Species

The ant pheidole species, also called thick-headed ant is a very small species found in South-Europe. They are aggressive against other ant species and leave the nest in relative big groups in search for food. Next to that they have a lot more crave for nutrition than other ant species and are always looking after it. An ant species who easily escapes, so make sure you are prepared and have a solid ant farm without gaps. Like the messor ants they also need a mixture of seeds. The colony can grow explosive provided they are nursed good, they are very active en there will be nice differences in size between the worker ants. (With bigger colonies there will be more and more bigger majors/soldiers).
Our ant colonies consist of a queen together with some breed and workers. The numbers depends on the number of eggs that developed themselves to ant (egg-larva-pupa-ant). This colony already consist of atleast 50 workers which are raised by the queen ant herself. With this colony it is possible to see majors who are twice the size of the smaller workers.

Nutrition

the nutrition set above including seeds is a complete diet for this ant species. The set includes sugar water, honeydew, fruitflies and a starting kit seeds. The starting kit with seeds is enough for the first year.

Suitable for

We advice that you keep the ant colony in an ant farm of acryl, gypsum or sand with the use of an arena. The ants can get the food there and leave their garbage. Many products have an integrated arena. Are you looking for ants for in your gel ant farm, we advice you to take a look at an ant family.

Packaging and shipping

On the picture you can see how the product will be delivered by us. The colony will be in a test tube with some cotton at the end with the water supply behind it to keep the nest tube moist. The colony can survive a few weeks without nursing in the test tube (after delivery) That is also how long we guarantee the life of the queen. If the queen dies within the first two weeks or doesn't arrive alive, we will provide you with a new colony.

Specification and information

Scientific Name	Pheidole Pallidula
Difficulty	2. Experienced
Queen \| Gyne:	7-8 mm
Workers:	2-5 mm The bigger the colony, the bigger the ants can become. Mediors en Majors (soldiers).
Kind of colony:	Monogyn and Polygyn Colonies can exist out of more then one queen(gynes). But also with one queen the species will develop good.
Kind of nest:	Sandnests, relative deep. Very broad, often under grass.
Temperature:	Roomtemperature, 20-30 degrees Celsius
hibernation:	No, but winterrest. our advice is to keep them a bit cooler in the winter, around 15 degrees Celsius. For example in the cooler attic or barn Novembre-Februari our experience: also in winter at room temperature the ant colonies will develop good.
Nutrition:	Sugar water, honeydew and small insects: Our advice for smaller colonies: fruitflies. Also a mixture of small seeds Provide a continuum of fresh and alive food in order to meet the hunting aspect of the species.
Airdensity:	Simple. Advice: Keep a part of the nest moist This species prefers it's environment drier then for example Lasius Niger and Myrmica rubra
Habitat:	(South)Europe and (North)Africa
Advice Antfarm:	Acrylic, Gypsum or Sand including Arena area
Comments:	A very feisty, little ant. It's incredibly fascinating to watch how this species come out of the nest in huge numbers to gather food; especially when they haven't had some (fresh) food in some time. With good care the colony can expand with huge numbers. Pretty aggresive, so make sure your nest and arena are sealed correctly. The workerants usually live shorter then other species (a few months), so the colony is constantly in development. A start setup with test tube with colony and a small arena is fine for these colonies, also a (smaller) acrylic or gypsumproduct is fine to keep these ants in.

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