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Formicidae

Fellah carpenter ant

Camponotus fellah

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. thewildmartin.com

Photograph: Mustafa Arisli · 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. Fellah carpenter ant is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

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https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/camponotus-fellah

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Temperature24–28 °C
Humidity40–60 %

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
24–28°Ambient

One ambient band, 24–28°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 states24-28C

Humidity

40–60%Target RH

The sheet states40-60%

Enclosure
Test-tube founding; plaster/ytong nest + outworld

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m0.7–1.4 cm
1520100400 cm
0.7–1.4 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
Classic beginner carpenter (research model)
Adult size
Worker 7-14mm; queen ~15-17mm
Lifespan
Queen 10-20+ yrs; colony perennial
Growth rate
Moderate
Activity & niche
Ground forager, nocturnal-crepuscular
Temperament
Calm, hardy
Venom / defense
Bite + formic acid; no sting; harmless

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
24-28C
Humidity
40-60%
Min. enclosure
Test-tube founding; plaster/ytong nest + outworld
Substrate
Plaster/ytong nest; sand outworld (drier)
Hides / decor / water
Water reservoir one end; hides

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

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 + insect protein · Sugar always; protein 2x/week

Staple food
Sugar water + insect protein
Feeding frequency
Sugar always; protein 2x/week

Behaviour and handling

HandlingNot handled
CommunalSingle colony; do not mix
Defense / stress signsScattering, brood-carrying

Reproduction

Reproduction
Fully-claustral founding after nuptial flight; very long-lived queens

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsOverhumidity mold; dehydration
Red flags / quarantine
SignsNon-native to TH - never release; barrier for escapes

Good to know

  • A lab favourite worldwide; queens can live two decades

What it needs

A thermometerbecause temp — 24-28C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 40-60%
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet describes the enclosure without a figure: « Test-tube founding; plaster/ytong nest + outworld »

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

antwiki.orgthewildmartin.com

Others in this group

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What this sheet states

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TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

Every field this product runs on is stated here. That is not a claim that the values are right: it says what the sheet states, not whether it is true. Whether a human has read it is the badge at the top of this page.

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.