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Formicidae

Asian marauder/power ant

Carebara diversaมดง่าม

Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. estheticants.com

Photograph: Jonghyun Park · 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. Asian marauder/power ant is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

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https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/carebara-diversa

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Temperature26–30 °C
Humidity60–80 %

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

60–80%Target RH

The sheet states60-80%

Enclosure
Semi-claustral founding needs small prey + humidity; grow into large soil/ytong nest + escape-proof outworld

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m0.2 cm
1520100400 cm
0.2 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
Intermediate–Advanced
Commonality
Sought-after for extreme size range; periodic in trade
Adult size
Minor worker ~1.5mm, major/soldier to 10mm+; queen up to ~35mm
Lifespan
Queen long-lived; colony perennial, can reach hundreds of thousands
Growth rate
Fast once established
Activity & niche
Ground raider, nocturnal; mass foraging raids
Temperament
Aggressive en masse; large soldiers bite hard
Venom / defense
Bite + weak sting; soldiers can pierce skin; mostly harmless

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
26-30C
Humidity
60-80%
Min. enclosure
Semi-claustral founding needs small prey + humidity; grow into large soil/ytong nest + escape-proof outworld
Substrate
Moist soil/clay nest; humid outworld
Hides / decor / water
Deep humid nest; water tower; dark hides

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 + heavy insect protein; seeds taken too · Sugar always; protein 3x/week (high demand)

Staple food
Sugar water + heavy insect protein; seeds taken too
Feeding frequency
Sugar always; protein 3x/week (high demand)

Behaviour and handling

HandlingNot handled; soldiers bite
CommunalSingle colony; do not mix
Defense / stress signsMass recruitment, soldiers front-line, brood evacuation

Reproduction

Reproduction
Semi-claustral founding after nuptial flight (queen needs food); huge size dimorphism in workers

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsFounding failure (must feed queen), mold, dehydration
Red flags / quarantine
SignsTiny minors escape easily - fine barrier + tight lid; never release

Good to know

  • Has one of the largest size gaps in ants: giant queen, near-microscopic minor workers

What it needs

A thermometerbecause temp — 26-30C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 60-80%
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet describes the enclosure without a figure: « Semi-claustral founding needs small prey + humidity; grow into large soil/ytong »

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

estheticants.comantontop.com

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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.