Myrmecia vindex
| Latin Name: |  |
Myrmecia vindex |
| Trivialname: |  |
Sergantant, Inchant |
| Taxonomy: |  |
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Tribe: Myrmeciini |
| Keeping Level: |  |
(2) show higher requirements to climate and escapeprevention |
| Distribution: |  |
Western and southern Australia |
| Habitate: |  |
dry sclerophyll, open grassland |
| Colonyform: |  |
monogyne |
| Queen: |  |
Size: 23 - 27mm Colour: Mandibles yellow with brown teeth, Head varies from reddish yellow to black almost concolorous with thorax, Gaster black, slim |
| Worker: |  |
Size: 16 - 25mm Colour: Mandibles yellow with brown teeth, Head varies from reddish yellow to black almost concolorous with thorax, Gaster black, slim |
| Soldier: |  |
not present |
| Males: |  |
Size: 15 - 18mm Colour: reddish brown, similar to worker but the first gastralsegment reddish-yellow |
| Nutrion: |  |
honeywater and insects like crickets, houseflies, mealworms, also fruits |
| Airhumidity: |  |
Arena: 30 - 50% Nestpart: 50 - 70% |
| Temperature: |  |
Arena: 21 - 30°C Nestpart: 24 - 28°C |
| Hibernation: |  |
light hibernation with 15 to 18 °C |
| Nestform: |  |
nest in soil with a huge mount covered with twigs, seeds and pebbles |
| 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 xerophyticwoodland and grassland |
| Decoration: |  |
stones, Leaf litter, Twigs, |
| Description: |  |
Myrmecia vindex is the most common Myrmeciaspecie in Western and Southern Australia. They can be found in urban gardens but also in the bush. It`s often wrongly identified as Myrmecia pavida. They are very active and show diurnal and nocturnal activity. They are active foragers collecting Nectar and insects. |
| Development: |  |
matingflight: - founding: semiclaustral development: Egg to larvae ca. 2 weeks, Larvae to Pupae 2 - 3 weeks, Pupae to worker approx. 5 weeks colonysize: a few hundred workers mainly between 300 and 400 |
| Quantity: |  |
one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); brood (depending on the season and development) |
| Weblinks: |  |
- Forum - Reference |