Queen Messor minor hesperius
Our favorite species! The most beautiful and easy to raise, very rare this year. Exceptional development even in winter. With 10mm major workers in large colonies. Messor minor hesperius is colorful, active and easy to breed.
Description
The Fourmiculture Charter on our Messor minor hesperius ants:
1. Breeding approved by Veterinary Services, carried out by a specialist under certificate of capacity,
2. Guide to the Perfect Ant Farmer offered and health sheet provided,
3. Ants guaranteed without parasites,
4. Health demonstrated by the next laying,
5. No “ boost” (addition of brood or external workers to sell the colonies more quickly),
6. Guaranteed healthy delivery: full refund in the event of loss of the queen (if delivered within 48 hours),
7. Possible shipping of -12 °C to +40°C thanks to our optional insulated packaging,
8. Non-invasive and non-threatened species,
9. Colony taken back and costs covered if you wish to part with it (see conditions).
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Excellent grain-eating species, very easy to raise even in winter! The queens lay as soon as they swarm and found their colony during the winter. Diapause useless.
Our queens come in a tube with enough water autonomy to have the first workers during winter or early spring.
DELIVERY TIME: estimated at a few weeks maximum after acclimatization in our lab.
Some of our delivered queens will already have eggs, others usually have over 80% chance of laying soon after receipt. For a 100% guarantee, opt for the 3-month success insurance: if the queen does not lay within 90 days of receipt, we will send a queen with egg or colony for free!
In order to continue the culture in a tube for a few weeks or months, it is ideal to add a small feeding/hunting area. We offer this as an option.
How to breed Queen Messor minor hesperius:
- Keep the queen in her original tube without food until the workers are born.
- Place it in a warm place, without too much light, ideally around 26°C during the day and 20-22°C at night.
- Wait until the birth of the first worker and give them a pinch of seeds (Power Mix or Messor Mix).
- Continue rearing in tubes up to about twenty workers before installation in the anthill.
Breeding sheet after the birth of the workers: click HERE .
Example of breeding Messor minor hesperius : Around 150 Messor minor with their queen in an artificial Minora anthill by Fourmiculture :
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