Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)
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Scientific classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Messor |
| Species: | Messor structor |
General information
| Colony structure: | Polygynous |
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| Worker polymorphism: | Yes |
| Nuptial flight months: | March, April, May, June, July, August, September |
| Colony founding: | No information. |
| Links: | AntWiki |
Keeping parameters
| Nutrition: | Mainly seeds and nuts but dead insects and sugar water, honey too. |
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| Nest temperature: | No information. |
| Nest humidity: | No information. |
| Outworld temperature: | No information. |
| Outworld humidity: | No information. |
| Hibernation required: | yes: end of november until end of february |
Distribution
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Egypt
- France
- Georgia
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iraq
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Malta
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Names
Invalid names
Formica aedificator, Formica lapidum, Formica rufitarsis
Common names
No information.
Sizes
Worker
Min
Max
Queen
Min
Max
Male
Min
Max