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Formicidae

Nicobar carpenter ant

Camponotus nicobarensisมดตะลาน (carpenter-ant group)

The page we cite does not state this figure. We opened it on 10 Aug 2026 and it gives no temperature for this species at all. The values above may still be right, but we cannot show you where they came from, and nobody here has checked them against a second source. Anything about a sick animal goes to a qualified exotic vet, not to a page. ants.in.th

Photograph: Lawrence Hylton · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. Nicobar carpenter ant is diurnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Arboreal · warm · middlingFrom the sheet: 26–30°C, humidity 50–70%

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Temperature26–30 °C
Humidity50–70 %

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
26–30°Ambient

One ambient band, 26–30°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states26-30C

Humidity

50–70%Target RH

The sheet states50-70%

Enclosure
Founding: test tube; grow into plaster/ytong or acrylic nest + outworld (S nest from ~650 THB)

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m0.6–1.2 cm
1520100400 cm
0.6–1.2 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Hymenoptera
Origin
IUCN / CITES
Not evaluated; CITES not yet in our data
Difficulty
Beginner
Commonality
Very common in the SEA/TH hobby; top starter species
Adult size
Worker 6-12mm polymorphic; queen ~15mm
Lifespan
Queen ~5-10 yrs; colony perennial
Growth rate
Fast (rapid brood, big colonies)
Activity & niche
Ground/arboreal generalist, diurnal-nocturnal
Temperament
Active, bold, not dangerous
Venom / defense
Bite + formic acid; no sting; harmless

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
26-30C
Humidity
50-70%
Min. enclosure
Founding: test tube; grow into plaster/ytong or acrylic nest + outworld (S nest from ~650 THB)
Substrate
Plaster/ytong/acrylic nest; outworld sand-soil mix
Hides / decor / water
Hydrated nest (water tower/sponge); outworld foraging decor; test-tube water

What your climate adds

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Diet

Feeding rhythm

Food stays available

The sheet states food is always present rather than given on a cycle, so there is no interval to draw.

The sheet statesSugar water/honey + insect protein (crickets, roaches, mealworm) · Sugar always available; protein 2-3x/week

Staple food
Sugar water/honey + insect protein (crickets, roaches, mealworm)
Feeding frequency
Sugar always available; protein 2-3x/week

Behaviour and handling

HandlingNot handled; observe only
CommunalEusocial colony; do not mix colonies (fatal fighting)
Defense / stress signsErratic running, brood-carrying, gaster raising

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
5–10 yrLifespan in care
5 yrMinimum commitment
Sexual maturityNot in our data

Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.

Why

The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.

Reproduction
Fully-claustral founding after nuptial flight; single queen raises first workers without feeding

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsMold/mites from overfeeding; dehydration; founding failure
Red flags / quarantine
SignsUse fluon/barrier; never release; confirm queen laying

Good to know

  • Explosive brood growth makes colonies balloon within a season - a favourite first ant

What it needs

A thermometerbecause temp — 26-30C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 50-70%
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet describes the enclosure without a figure: « Founding: test tube; grow into plaster/ytong or acrylic nest + outworld (S nest »

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

ants.in.thantwiki.org

Others in this group

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What this sheet states

100%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

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UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.