Brachymyrmex patgonicus are also known as the dark rover ant. They are native to south America in particularly Argentina and Paraquay. Generally, this species is small but mighty Queens are usually 3mm in length and workers range from 1-2mm long. In the wild this species is observed visiting extrafloral nectaries for a source of nectar.
Most invasive species tend to have polygyny tendencies and dispersal by budding and the development of super colonies that contain 100s of reproductive queens. However, the colony structure of Brachymyrmex patagonicus is different the nests generally consist of single queen in 80 percent of wild nests and there are strong genetic differences between the nests in addition they do have muti queen tendencies, but those tendencies are not as strong as other species.
What’s more interesting is they have co-existing tendencies with highly invasive species like solenopsis invicta, so in theory they could be kept with other ant species without issues.
Keeping difficulty: Medium (kept at least 1 exotic species of ants)
Colony form: Polygyne
Queen size: 3mm brownish
Worker’s size: 1-2mm brownish
Food: honey water and insects
Temp: 24-28°C
Humidity: 50-70%
Founding: clasutral without feeding
Colony size: 100-10000 workers
Hibernation: No
Live arrival guarantee:
We guarantee the live arrival of your Queen they come well packed in our jiffy bags which have two-sided padding as well as an additional layer of bubble wrap around our test tubes. We are the only company in the United Kingdom to offer our live arrival guarantee of your queen as well as an additional 14-day guarantee if the colony if kept in the original test tube for all our European species. Why do we do this? We are confident with our colony’s health and our packaging process as well as our care guides, we also believe in our customers and making sure they have a good ant keeping experience.
Live arrival guarantee we ensure the live arrival of the queen only upon delivery contact us within 24 hours of receiving the Queen dead on arrival with a picture of the dead queen and the original workers. DO NOT TRANSFER THE DEAD QUEEN OR WORKERS TO A NEST AS THIS VOIDS YOUR WARRNTY. For our additional 14-day guarantee for European species the Queen and workers must be kept in the original test tube sealed with the cotton and care sheet instructions followed if you want to keep this additional guarantee do not transfer to a nest or your warranty is VOIDED (we recommend you keep the 14-day warranty).
We have no control over the environment outside the test tube and have no influence in the conditions the responsibility once placed outside the test tube within the 14-day period the responsibility is with the buyer. 9 times out of 10 colonies die in the nest due to lack of water access, food, temperature, oxygen, or stress due to vibrations or exposure to excess light. If your colony does fail inside a nest contact us, we can advise what went wrong but it is up to you to buy another ant colony, you will succeed but sometimes it does not work the first time. Research is key to success with ant keeping and follow our guides.
