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(2) shows higher requirements to climate and escapeprevention
Distribution:
Southeast Asia
Habitate:
tropical Rainforest
Colonyform:
monogyne
Queen:
Size: 6 - 6,5mmColour:black, legs, mandibles and antennae reddish
Worker:
Size: 3 - 6mm Colour:black, legs, mandibles and antennae reddish
Soldier:
not present
Males:
Size: 4,5mm Colour: -
Nutrion:
honeywater, insects (e. g. small crickets and houseflies)
Airhumidity:
Arena: 50 - 70% Nestpart: 50 - 80%
Temperature:
Arena: 21 - 30°C Nestpart: 24 - 28°C
Hibernation:
no
Nestform:
under dead wood and in soil
Kind of Formicaria:
Farm, Farmbasin, Basin, Framebasin, Island, Ytong/Plaster
Formicaria size:
Size:M - XL
Substrate:
Farm: Sand-loam Arena: Sand-loam
Planting:
similar to tropical Rainforest
Decoration:
stones, Leaflitter, Twigs,
Description:
These Pachycondyla are nocturnal and forage in the Forest leave litter for small insects. Most of there biology is still unknown. They are not able to walk on smooth surfaces.
Development:
matingflight: - founding: semiclaustral colonysize: a few hundred workers
Quantity:
one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); brood (depending on the season and development)