Monomorium Minimum Queen Ant, Live
Species: Monomorium Minimum aka Little Black Ants
Easiness: Easy
This is a Live Queen to start a brand-new colony with.
Max Colony Size, Growth Speed, and Structure: Monomorium minimum colonies grow fast and large, capable of reaching 200-400 workers after a year, and quickly growing to over 1000 if properly fed and heated. Colonies typically max out at a few thousand workers per queen. This species is polygynous and often has multiple queens per colony.
Worker/Queen Sizes and Polymorphism: M. minimum is a shiny black species that doesn’t have much color variation. Workers ~1.7-1.8 millimeters.1 Queens are approximately 6mm in length.
Hibernation: This species can hibernate, but hibernation is optional and not recommended. To diapause Monomorium minimum, place the colony into a fridge/wine cooler, or another cold place that does not drop below freezing. It is important to provide them with a constant water source during diapause, and check on them every few weeks to ensure that they still have water. As they wake up from diapause, colonies will be lethargic, but will not appear to be dead. For more information about diapause, refer to our guide.
Feeding Requirements: Colonies require a constant source of sugars, typically either sugar water or honey. They accept common feeder insects for protein, such as superworms, mealworms, dubia roaches, and fruit flies. Proteins should be fed as often as the ants will accept them, or at least once a week.
Heating and Humidity: Heating can drastically speed up brood development. Brood will prefer high humidity, while workers will prefer medium.
Ant Keeping
- Always keep the nest hydrated when starting a colony.
- Never place your ant farm in/under/near any direct light.
- Item may contain glass, acrylic, ceramic or other fragile material. Please remember to be careful when opening & unwrapping your package.
- Item may have sharp and/ or pointy edges and be fragile, please be careful when handling it.
- Not for children to play with or use without adult supervision.Live Insect Shipping
We ship all live insects using USPS Priority Mail. We only ship on Mondays and Tuesdays, if there is a holiday on those days then we wait till the next week.
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