Meranoplus Bicolor

Meranoplus Bicolor (Furry Shield Ants)

• Humidity requirements: 40-60%

• Temperature requirements: 22-28 °C

• Hibernation: None

• Suggested housing: Wakooshi Ant Farm Modules, Acrylic, Ytong, Soil, Very adaptable

• Nutrition: Sugars from honey or sugar water. Protein from insect sources such as fruit flies

• Colony size: up to 1000 workers

• Worker size: 3-5 mm

• Monogyne/polygyne: Monogyne
They are characterised for being small, extremely hairy, slow-moving and highly armoured ants, thus also known as “Shield Ants”. Most of the Meranoplus species have a heart shaped gaster very similar to Crematogaster.