Chelaner Antarcticus is a super easy to care for species making it one of the best beginner species in New Zealand. They grow fast and can have multiple queens. They are around 3mm to 4mm in length and are a dark red to blackish colour.

Chelaner Antarcticus ant queen ant with few workers and eggs in tube

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This action is for oneChelaner Antarcticus queen with few workers, or just queen, no workers.

You need some wood to let queen feel safe to lay eggs. if you want use your own farm. please put the wood in tube i sent to you in your farm.

The worker of Chelaner Antarcticus most specimens are over 4.5 mm. major around 5-6mm. queen about 8mm. The males approach the females in length, but have smaller heads and much larger petiolar and postpetiolar nodes.

The female color pattern follows that of the worker, although even at its lightest, the female still is darker than the worker, retaining particularly broad areas of infuscation over the alitrunk and gaster.

If you looking for some other type of queens. just check my other list.

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