Ants · Genus: Aphaenogaster
Texas funnel ant
AdvancedAphaenogaster texana
Aphaenogaster texana is a North American myrmicine ant characterized by a slender build and long appendages. They are known for their agile foraging behavior and the tool-use trait of using substrate particles to transport liquids. Colonies thrive with well-regulated nest humidity and display strong activity with consistent protein feeding.
- Origin
- United StatesNorth AmericaWest Africa
- Activity time
- Variable
- Winter dormancy
- No
Colony traits
- Colony form
- Monogynous (one queen)
- Founding type
- Claustral (independent, without feeding)
- Polymorphism
- Monomorphic (no caste differences)
- Queen size
- 13-14 mm
- Worker size
- 8-13 mm
- Max. colony size
- 500-1000
- Queen lifespan
- 10-15
- Worker lifespan
- 1-2
Husbandry conditions
- Nest type preference
- Soil nest
- Nest temperature
- 24-26 °C
- Arena temperature
- 22-28 °C
- Nest humidity
- 50-70 %
- Arena humidity
- 30-50 %
Nutrition
- Feeding notes
- Crickets, roaches, flies, sugar water, honey water
