Camponotus sp. "chinensis"
| Latin Name: |  |
Camponotus sp. "chinensis" |
| Trivialname: |  |
- Camponotus chinensis |
| Taxonomy: |  |
Subfamily: Formicinae Tribe: Camponotini |
| Keeping Level: |  |
(2) higher requirements towards climate and escape prevention |
| Distribution: |  |
Southeast Asia |
| Habitat: |  |
tropical rainforest |
| Colonyform: |  |
monogyne |
| Queen: |  |
Size: ca. 18mm Colour: black, gold glimmering |
| Worker: |  |
Size: ca. 9mm Colour: black, gold glimmering |
| Soldier: |  |
not present |
| Males: |  |
Size: - Colour: - |
| Nutrition |  |
Honeywater, insects e.g. Dipterans like flies, mosquitos |
| Airhumidity: |  |
Arena: 50 - 70% Nestpart: 50 - 70% |
| Temperature: |  |
Arena: 21 - 35°C Nestpart: 24 - 28°C |
| Hibernation: |  |
No |
| Nestform: |  |
Build their nest in soil |
| Kind of Formicaria: |  |
Farm, Farmbasin, Basin, Framebasin, Island, Acrylcylinder, Ytong/Plasternest |
| Formicaria size: |  |
Size: L - XL |
| 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 singularis is a beautiful Asian ant that shows high activity and an interesting recruitment behavior. They are mainly nocturnal foragers but as a result of the often lower light emission in human flats they also show activity during the day. They develop quickly and have impressive major workers. |
| Development: |  |
matingflight: with begin of the rain season founding: claustral (without feeding) colonysize: up to a few 1000 individuals |
| Quantity: |  |
one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); brood (depending on the season and development) |
| Weblinks: |  |
- Forum - Reference |