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Myrmecia nigrocincta
Myrmecia nigrocincta
Myrmecia nigrocincta

Myrmecia nigrocincta

Product No.:
1004961
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Weight:
0,03 kg per piece

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Description
 
Latin Name: Myrmecia nigrocincta
Trivialname: -
Taxonomy: Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Tribe: Myrmeciini
Keeping Level: (2) show higher requirements to climate and escapeprevention
Distribution: East Australia
Habitate: dry Sclerophyllforest
Colonyform: monogyne
Queen: Size: 17 - 19mm Colour: Head and Gaster black, Thorax bicoloured yellowish red with black ,slim
Worker: Size: 13 - 15mm Colour: Head and Gaster black, Thorax bicoloured yellowish red with black ,slim
Soldier: not present
Males: Size: 16 - 17mm  Colour: Head and Gaster black, Thorax bicoloured yellowish red with black ,slim
Nutrion: Honeywater, Insects( Houseflies, Crickets), Fruits
Airhumidity: Arena: 30 - 50% Nestpart: 50 - 80%
Temperature: Arena: 21 - 30°C Nestpart: 24 - 28°C
Hibernation: No, but often endogenous diapause from June to September
Nestform: Soil nests at the base of trees, often as a small hill entrance
Kind of Formicaria: Farm, Farmbasin, Basin, Framebasin, Island, Acrylcylinder, Ytong/Plaster
Formicaria size: Size: L - XL
Substrate: Farm: Sand-loam  Arena: Sand-loam
Planting: similar to sclerophyll Rainforest
Decoration: stones, Leaf litter, Twigs,
Description: This a big antspecie which can be found in mostly all suitable habitats. They build huge antmounts covered with twigs and plantmaterial. They are nocturnal foragers and leave the nest with sunset and stay outside the whole night collecting nectar and catching small insects on their tree. The Toxin of this ant is very similar to our native wasps and can cause allergic reactions. The pain last only for a short time between 15 to 30 minutes.
Development: matingflight: april - june
founding:  semiclaustral
colonysize: a few hundred workers
Quantity: one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); brood (depending on the season and development)
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