Messor Barbarus is a beautiful easy to keep species from Southwest-Europe. They make huge trails in the wild and survive on seeds!Read on to find out how these ants live and how they should be taken care of.
Unfortunately, the Messor barbarus yield in 2023 was significantly lower, and only a limited number of them successfully embarked on their nuptial flights. Consequently, our suppliers have a scarce supply of Messor barbarus queens. The import costs have tripled, compelling us to adjust our prices accordingly. We appreciate your understanding during this challenging period. We hope next year they will take to the skies once more.
Messor barbarus
Messor barbarus ants are truly adventurers that you can encounter in large mederiterrarnien areas. They build their nests in a variety of places, such as between paving stones, in tree stumps,open forests, meadows and moors. The peculiarity of the Messor barbarus is that there is only one egg-laying queen can be in the colony. The other ants are workers and there can be thousands. They work together to maintain the nest and find food. The Messor barbarus is pretty big and has large majors that help crack open the seeds. Messor barbarus is high polymorphic meaning workers can vary greatly in size.
