Queen Ant with 5+ Workers (Reptile Feeder) Messor Structor Established Colony

Description

Living Ant Colony
Insect Reptile Feeder
Messor Structor Colony will include 1 Queen and Some Workers
Small Established Colony
The Messor Structor is a great specie for beginning to advanced ant keepers. They are easy to raise, durable, and live off of seeds.
This species of ant can be kept at room temperature.
The Structor species is considered an easy to care for Messor.
Messor Structor is a dark Brown to Black species of ant which is not quite as large as Messor Barbarus. The large major workers will develop Reddish colored heads. Messor Structor is a harvester ant. They collect seeds and store them in a granary within the nest. The larger ants will chew these seeds to make 'ant bread' which is their primary food source. They also feed off dead insects. The nest should have both dry and moist areas. Messor Structor tend to keep their ant bread in a warm moist area, whilst the seeds and grains are stored in a dry area.
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