The Camponotus nicobarensis is a strikingly elegant and robust carpenter ant species, highly favored in ant keeping for its glossy dark body contrasted by often reddish-orange legs and antennae, as well as its dynamic behavior featuring a clear hierarchy of minor, media, and major workers with powerful mandibles. Native to Southeast Asia, this adaptable cavity-nester thrives in various environments from soil to hollow wood and is renowned in captivity for its rapid colony growth, high activity levels, and hardy nature, offering a mesmerizing window into the complex, bustling society of a fast-growing ant metropolis.
Sepcies: Camponotus nicobarensis
Maintenance level: Easy
Origin: Malaysia
Queen: Size: 14 – 15 mm
Worker: Size: 5-11 mm
Nutrition: Insects fruit flies, crickets, cockroaches, mealworms, super worms and honey, sugar water or fruit
Humidity: Arena: 70 – 80% Nest: 60 – 70%
Temperature: 27 – 30 ° C
Colony Size – 1 Queen + 15 to 20 Workers (can be more depending on stock availability)
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