Camponotus chilensis

Size:

• Queen: 11 – 14mm
• Workers: 6–9 mm
• Majors: 10 – 13 mm

Color: Black and gray body with heavily furred golden hairs on the abdomen

• Food insects (such as cockroaches and crickets) dead, or live if colony is big
• Syrup (a mixture of water and honey or sugar, with a ratio of 4/3 water:1)
• Fruits and vegetables
• Jelly
• Cooked chicken without salt, shrimps
• Honey

Humidity: Arena: 50-70%, Nest: 50-70%

Temperature: Arena: 21 – 35 ° C, Nest: 24 – 28 ° C

Feature of the species: beautifully colored Camponotus from Chile

Recommended nests for breeding: acrylic, cork, plaster, aerated concrete.