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About Camponotus cosmicus

 

African Species- Glossy Sugar Ant


Temperature: Nest 24- 28°C Outworld 20- 30°C


Humidity: Nest 50- 70% Outworld 40- 70%


Hibernation: None


Diet: Water (at all times). Carbohydrates like honey water/ sugar water or other. Protein like fresh-killed insects or other.


Colony form: Monogyne (one queen per colony) Average 5,000 workers per colony.


Founding Queen: Claustral (without feeding)


Nest type: Acrylic, Natural setup, Y Tong
 

Sizes: Queen- 13- 14mm/ Worker- 5- 12mm


Bite/ Sting/ Formic acid: Queen and Majors may bite.

 

Description: Camponotus cosmicus is an African ant and have a beautiful glossy thorax, simular to the cinctellus. This species is very easy to raise providing you can meet their environmental needs. They grow quickly and are polymorphic, meaning the workers vary in size. Once mature, the colony will produce majors which share the same features of a queen!


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Camponotus cosmicus (Glossy Sugar Ant)

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