Species: Myrmica rubra
 
Breeding difficulty: Easy
 
Castes: No
 
Size :
Queen: 6-7 millimeters
Workers: 4-5 millimeters
 
Type of foundation: Non-claustral independent
 
Harvest location: France
 
Number of gynes: Polygyne
 
Rearing temperatures: 24-28 degrees
 
Rearing humidity: 80-90%
 
Food: Insects and sweet liquids
 
Hibernation: Yes, 3 months at 10-15 degrees.
 
Type of nest: Reconstituted stone, resinated plaster, terrarium, cellular concrete
 
Description: Myrmica rubra is the famous red ant. It has a sting but the sting is not very painful, if it stings somewhere where the skin is thin. It lives in rather humid areas and forms colonies of several thousand workers, it is also highly polygynous, there can be several dozen queens in a single colony.