Acrobat ants (Crematogaster scutellaris)
Crematogaster scutellaris · Crematogaster
Acrobat ants (Crematogaster scutellaris). Recorded flying from August through October. Red head, red mesosoma, glossy black gaster. A red front and a glossy black heart-shaped gaster she raises over her back when disturbed. Recorded near 5 of the 306 locations Dealate tracks.
When do acrobat ants fly?
Recorded flying from August through October.
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Queen appearance
Red head, red mesosoma, glossy black gaster. A red front and a glossy black heart-shaped gaster she raises over her back when disturbed.
nimble and quick
How to catch a queen ant →Founding care
Fully claustral: seal her in a test tube setup, somewhere dark and undisturbed. She raises the first brood on her own wing muscles and needs no food or opening until the first workers appear.
Needs a winter diapause: a cool, dark rest period each year.
Diet: Insects, meat, sugar water, honey etc.
Intermediate · Queen ~7-9 mm
Read more on AntWiki →Care data from antkeeping.info (CC BY 4.0).
Habitat
In trees · also dead wood · typical for this genus
Scan tree trunks and low foliage for landed queens. Check logs, stumps and dead branches for landed queens.
Recorded near
Birmingham, Leicester, Coventry, Nottingham, Derby, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Dudley, Walsall, Mansfield, Telford, Gloucester, Newcastle under Lyme, Solihull, Burton upon Trent, Cheltenham, Chesterfield, Sutton Coldfield, West Bromwich, WorcesterBristol, Cardiff, Swansea, Swindon, Bournemouth, Newport, Poole, Mendip, BathLondon, Brent, Islington, Reading, Southend-on-Sea, Brighton, Milton Keynes, City of Westminster, Northampton, Bexley, Luton, Barking, Archway, Sutton, Croydon, Ilford, Slough, Oxford, Enfield Town, Harrow, Cambridge, Basildon, High Wycombe, Colchester, Tottenham, Watford, Crawley, Worthing, Chelmsford, Walthamstow, Dagenham, Basingstoke, Maidstone, Bedford, Woking, Eastbourne, Gillingham, BecontreeManchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool, Bradford, Birkenhead, Preston, Oldham, St Helens, Wigan, Warrington, York, Burnley, Huddersfield, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Stockport, Salford, Rotherham, Doncaster, WakefieldNewcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, MiddlesbroughMore Crematogaster species
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