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Messor cephalotes
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Messor cephalotes
Reference :
CEPHALOTES
Latin name: Messor cephalotes (the largest species of Messor in the world)
Taxonomy: Subfamily: Myrmicinae Tribes: Pheidolini
Breeding level: Intermediate
Geographical distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania
Habitat: Sands and steppes
Colony form: Monogyne
Queen: Size: 22 - 25mm Color: Black and bright red
Workers: Size: 4 - 14mm Color: Black and bright red
Major: Size 14 - 22mm Color: Black and bright red
Male: Size: 7mm Color: Black
Food: Mainly granivorous that eat various seeds, but also many small insects such as mealworms, flies, mosquitoes, crickets, a water trough is mandatory for the creation of ant bread, this species is in great need Protein due to its size out of the ordinary so it is necessary to give often insects.
Humidity: Hunting area: 30 - 50% Nest: 50 - 70%
Temperature: Hunting area: 25 - 30 ° C Nest: 23 - 28 ° C
Hibernation: No
Nest type: Plexiglas nest, nest with tubes, reconstituted stone nest that must be kept dry with a trough in the hunting area.
Description: Messor cephalotes is the holy grail of the genus Messor, they have only qualities, huge, magnificent color, very populous, dry nest with just a trough in the hunting area, very good hunters, no diapause therefore active all year!
Development: there are two trials in the year from April to May and from November to December.
Foundation: Set in a cloister (without food) Development: 50 days from egg to worker (depending on temperature)
Size of the colony: Several tens of thousands of individuals, the queen can reach the age of 25 years.
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