Atta sp. "America meridionale"

Fungus cultivating ants species, cutting leafs which process to pulp is the basis of their fungus cultivation. This species is a notably large Atta.

• Distribution: South-America
• Taxonomy: Subfamily Myrmicinae, Tribe Attini
• Characteristics: very intensive caste
• Appearence of the queen: about 30 mm, very dark brown stout queen
• Appearance of the workers: brown, at the back with thorns
• Appearance of the soldiers: to 18 mm, well-fortified animals
• Nutrition: fungi which the ants cultivate of bramble-, raspberry-, oaks- or roseleafs
• Temperature: 24°C
• Air humidity: dump-tropical rainforest
• Soil conditions: loam, humus soil,
• Level: advancer
• Risks: Because of the high air humiditiy there is a higher risk of mildews and mites
• Specifics: fungus cultivating ant-specie, cutting leafs which process to pulp is the basis of their fungus cultivation..

Attention: Shipping to abroad is only possible on customers risk i.e. no replacement possible on dead arrival.
Attention: Breeding from a Queen is very difficult even with fungus and mated Queen. Only for advanced keepers!

Atta sp. "America meridionale" e' stato aggiunto al carrello

Atta sp. "America meridionale" non puo' essere aggiunto al carrello.

Atta sexdens

Fungus cultivating ants species, cutting leafs which process to pulp is the basis of their fungus cultivation.

• Distribution: South-America
• Taxonomy: Subfamily Myrmicinae, Tribe Attini
• Characteristics: very intensive caste
• Appearence of the queen: about 30 mm, very dark brown stout queen
• Appearance of the workers: brown, at the back with thorns
• Appearance of the soldiers: to 18 mm, well-fortified animals
• Nutrition: fungi which the ants cultivate of bramble-, raspberry-, oaks- or roseleafs
• Temperature: 24°C
• Air humidity: dump-tropical rainforest
• Soil conditions: loam, humus soil,
• Level: advancer
• Risks: Because of the high air humiditiy there is a higher risk of mildews and mites
• Specifics: fungus cultivating ant-specie, cutting leafs which process to pulp is the basis of their fungus cultivation.

Atta sexdens e' stato aggiunto al carrello

Atta sexdens non puo' essere aggiunto al carrello.

Atta mexicana

Fungus cultivating ants species, cutting leafs which process to pulp is the basis of their fungus cultivation. This species can be found in arid areas in Mexico,

• Distribution: Mexico
• Taxonomy: Subfamily Myrmicinae, Tribe Attini
• Characteristics: very intensive caste
• Appearence of the queen: about 30 mm, dark brown queen
• Appearance of the workers: darkbrown, at the back with thorns
• Appearance of the soldiers:  up to18 mm, well-fortified animals
• Nutrition: fungi which the ants cultivate of bramble-, raspberry-, oaks- or roseleafs
• Temperature: 24 - 28°C
  
• Soil conditions: loam, humus soil,
• Level: advancer
• Risks: Because of the high air humiditiy there is a higher risk of mildews and mites
• Specifics: fungus cultivating ant-specie, cutting leafs which process to pulp is the basis of their fungus cultivation.

Attention: Shipping to abroad is only possible on customers risk i.e. no replacement possible on dead arrival. Only few colonies are available from one's own breeding.

Atta mexicana e' stato aggiunto al carrello

Atta mexicana non puo' essere aggiunto al carrello.

Atta cephalotes

Fungus cultivating ants species, cutting leafs which process to pulp is the basis of their fungus cultivation.

• Distribution: South- and Central America
• Taxonomy: Subfamily Myrmicinae, Tribe Attini
• Characteristics: very intensive caste
• Appearence of the queen: about 30 mm, very dark brown stout queen
• Appearance of the workers: brown, at the back with thorns
• Appearance of the soldiers: to 18 mm, well-fortified animals
• Nutrition: fungi which the ants cultivate of bramble-, raspberry-, oaks- or roseleafs
• Temperature: 24 °C
• Air humidity: dump-tropical rainforest
• Soil conditions: loam, humus soil,
• Level: advancer
• Risks: because of the high air humiditiy there is a higher risk of mildews and mites
• Specifics: fungus cultivating ant-specie, cutting leafs which process to pulp is the basis of their fungus cultivation.

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Atta cephalotes non puo' essere aggiunto al carrello.

Acromyrmex sp. "Paraguay"

• Distribution: South-America
• Taxonomy: Subfamily Myrmicinae, Tribe Attini
• Characteristics: very intensive caste
• Appearance: Workers are at the back with thorns
• Color: brown
• Size: 4-8 mm
• Nest building: Usually soil nests with fungus chamber
• Nutrition: fungi which the ants cultivate of bramble-, raspberry-, oaks- or roseleaves
• Temperature: 20 - 26°C
• Soil conditions: loam, humus soil but can also be kept without any substrate
• Planting: None
• Difficulty: advancer

Attention: Shipping to abroad is only possible on customers risk i.e. no replacement possible on dead arrival.

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Acromyrmex sp. "Paraguay" non puo' essere aggiunto al carrello.

Acromyrmex sp.

Particolarmente interessanti colorata specie Acromyrmex dal Centro America.

     Distribuzione: America Centrale
     Tassonomia: Famiglia Myrmicinae, Tribe Attini
     Caratteristiche: solida istruzione
     Aspetto: I lavoratori sono sul retro con le spine
     Colore: marrone chiaro
     La costruzione del nido: Pronto nidi suolo con camere fungo
     Nutrizione: funghi che le formiche coltivano di rovo-, lampone, querce-o petali di rosa razza, ma sgranocchiare e anche come una mela
     Questo sp Acromyrmex. chickweed preferiti, chiodo di garofano e petali di rosa per il fungo rosa.
     Temperatura: 23-26 ° C
     Suolo: ma argilla, humus, sabbia può anche essere tenuto senza alcun substrato
     Piantare: no
     Difficoltà: medio

   

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Acromyrmex sp. non puo' essere aggiunto al carrello.

Acromyrmex cf. crassispinus

A very robust Acromyrmex species wich don't need much space. This species is smaller than Acromyrmex octospinosus and colored chocolate brown. Larger colonies can be kept in multiple basins which are connected together with pipes. They cut various kind of leaves e.g. bramble-, raspberry-, oaks-,roseleaves, privet etc. They cultivate a fungus garden which they do dung, trim and "medicate" with a hormone they produce in special adenoids. They will pulpify the leaves and apply it on the fungus. Old pieces of fungus will be removed and thrown to special midden. They will almost only subsist on special "bulbs" that they can harvest from fungus. This offered Acromyrmex are young colonies, no queens from existing colonies.

Note: We guarantee that all queens in these young colonies are mated.

• Distribution: South-America
• Taxonomy: Subfamily Myrmicinae, Tribe Attini
• Characteristics: very intensive caste
• Size: Queen 10 - 12 mm, Workers may ranges from 5 to 15 mm
• Appearance: Workers are at the back with thorns
• Color: black-brown
• Nest building: Usually soil nests with fungus chamber
• Nutrition: fungi which the ants cultivate of bramble-, raspberry-, oaks- or roseleaves
• Temperature: 20 - 25°C
• Soil conditions: loam, humus soil but can also be kept without any substrate
• Planting: None
• Level: advancer

Attention: Shipping to abroad is only possible on customers risk i.e. no replacement possible on dead arrival.

Acromyrmex cf. crassispinus e' stato aggiunto al carrello

Acromyrmex cf. crassispinus non puo' essere aggiunto al carrello.

Acromyrmex cf. coronatus

A very interesting Acromyrmex species from Central-American highlands.

• Distribution: Central-America
• Taxonomy: Subfamily Myrmicinae, Tribe Attini
• Characteristics: very intensive caste
• Appearance: Workers are at the back with thorns
• Color: light brown until dark brown, Queen multi colored (see photo)
• Nest building: Usually soil nests with fungus chamber
• Nutrition: fungi which the ants cultivate of bramble-, raspberry-, oaks- or roseleaves
• Temperature: 15 - 25°C
• Soil conditions: loam, humus soil but can also be kept without any substrate
• Planting: None
• Difficulty: medium

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Acromyrmex cf. coronatus non puo' essere aggiunto al carrello.