Messor barbarus medium-sized ant

[Adult size] 4-12mm
[Temperament] Fierce
[Difficulty of raising] Medium to low
[Suitable temperature] 20-30°C
[Suitable humidity] 60-70%

The ants are ferocious and fight in groups. They will collect plant seeds and make seed bread to store until food is scarce. The queen ants lay eggs very quickly. They are very courageous and will risk their lives as long as they find any living things around them. It rushes forward to bite and is extremely active in hunting.

The body length of workers in barbaric harvest ants is about 4.0-12.0 mm. Workers are differentiated in size. Large workers are also soldier ants. The body color of workers is brownish red. The heads of soldier ants are more obvious red, with larger heads and well-developed upper jaws. The body length of the queen ant is about 13mm, the body color is brownish red and black, the body shape is obviously thicker than that of the worker ants, the chest is well developed, and she will store seeds for food.

In artificial breeding, the seeds stored by wild harvester ants always germinate due to unsuitable nest environment, which will greatly affect the survival of the ant colony and even lead to the annihilation of the ant colony. In artificial nests, when wild harvester ants build their own nests in the wild, they will separate the place where they usually live and move from the storage room where seeds are stored. The location of the storage room is higher than the place where they usually live and move, and keep the storage room dry. In such an environment, it will be difficult for the seeds to germinate.