Hello!

Thanks @ all!
I make all nests with "Ячеистый бетон" and make it with "Сугли́нок" look like in the nature! I mix cугли́нок with sand and water and paints the stone with it. It looks like a nest in the ground, in the nature.
The temperature is high, on day the sand have 35-45°C the nest in top have 30°C and in the ground 23-25°C. The ants dont lift up the gaster when they run. they dont need it, because the silver reflect the sunshine. So they can run in nature by over 50-60°C outside the nest, when other insects can only die in the sun! In the 5-6 weeks i hold them by 15-20°C!
Cataglyphis aenescens i had hold 2 1/2 years, need lower temperatures for longer time. I had hold them from October till march by 3-8°C in a cold place on my balcony! I get after 2 years queens and males, but you get it only when you make a good "winter"!!!

Greetings
Mathias

Privet svem!

Yes, is "личинки" not the right word for this fly larvae?

Ok my C. fellah now in the new nest, i will make tomorrow new pictures and upload here!

Poka
Mathias

Privet my friends :)

Ok i will hope i can give good answers.

I give different insects for food:

Тараканы (Blaberidae spec. Кения, Shelfordella lateralis (ex tartara) )
Мучные жуки (only Larvae and pupa, my C. fellah not like the adult)
кузнечики
мухи и личинки
гусеницы

Yes, i mean humidity! Low temerature is realy not the problem. When you have not enough air humidity or your nest is to drily, the larvae have problems in the pupa. You can get misstakes when the nest is to drily, and when the humidity is not high enough you can become problems with the born ants!
But the temperature is no problem for the ants, it is not high enough they only not grow up, it is to high they go out search for lower temperature or you kill them.

poka
Mathias

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