Blue Pony Ant queen = sparkly shine ant = (Rhytidoponera chalybaea)

Blue Pony Ant queen = sparkly shine ant = (Rhytidoponera chalybaea)

Easy too keep, even beginner can keep it ! 

Nice looking ! it will show sparkly shine blue color under sun with good light.

Large size ! This is large size ant in NZ, around 8-10mm. check the photo 1 to see different size between house black ant.

1 x Blue Pony Ant (Rhytidoponera chalybaea) queen, no others yet

This is first queen i found this year, no egg, no others. please understand, blue pony single queen is not like other ant queens, it is not easy to rise to a colony.please understand before you buy.

more workers will be more easy and better chance lay eggs early. so if you want 2 or 3 set of 30, can ask question or just put 2-3 item in your cart to do buynow.

Size: Small, 8-10mm

Diet: suger water, proteins.

farm: test tube farm or cement farm

Suggested Experience: Beginner

red legs, red gaster tip and mandibles.

Darker body segments shine a deep ocean blue when in good lighting conditions.

These ants are unable to climb both glass and plastic surfaces meaning that most enclosures are escape proof!

These ants do have a rather nasty sting so be careful not to pick them up barehanded.

This species is know to eat certain seeds and help with seed dispersal so are great for Natural setups!

Gamergate species