Big black carpenter ants, big ants 12.3 a 13.8 cm in length. Body black, the front of the individual self cheek, lip base, palate and foot maroon; abdominal postganglionic margin pale yellow. Hair is light yellow or yellow; head and abdomen and chest hair thinning, nodules 8 to 10 standing hair, after the stomach has a very rich and lodging Mao Mao tilt. Pubescence is white, middle-rich. Light body, with dense fine engraved point. Big head; lip prominent mid-based; upper thick, 5 teeth. And abdominal chest on the back of a continuous arch; and sharp side of the chest and abdomen flat section, the back slope of about equal length with the base surface, the base surface smoothly into the slope. Nodular thin, flat back, front slightly convex, the top circle. After the abdomen broadly ovate to oval. Medium and small worker ants body length 7.4 10.8mm. Head small, grew up in the wide, lateral margins parallel, during the first edge convex; lip ridge obvious; nodules thick low. Large worker ants are the same. 15.4 a female ant body length 15.9mm. Body black, and some individual nodules, and chest side of the abdomen and chest and abdominal section of the backplane and the red harness slab. Head and chest and abdomen with short and sparse erect hairs; after the abdominal hair was abundant, but not with lodging hair. Pubescence very short, only some can see the light; full tilt on a thin hair. Light body; carved point small. Head is convex, straight edge behind, head width at the front of the rear; lip base without ridges, the middle slightly prominent; maxillary teeth 5; antennal scape 1 / 6 of a 1 / 3 length than during the first edge; compound eyes larger, monocular obvious. Prothorax very short; in the chest developed; and chest section of back slope length is 3 times the length of the base surface. Nodular thin width, the top level. After the abdomen large, broad ovate. Male ants about 9.7mm in length. Body black. Head and chest and abdomen with a few vertical hairs; after the abdominal hair was abundant, especially the end of the hair more, but the hair is thin compared with female ants. Pubescence is sparse. Light body, carved point with the worker ants. A small head and a few triangular convex edge behind; lip base wide, no lip ridge; antenna scape 1 / 2 length margin than behind; compound eyes large and convex; monocular great; palate narrow, with 2 blunt teeth. Pronotum very short; in the chest developed; and no abdominal section of the backplane base surface. Foot slender. Nodules is very low, wide, thick bottom, top or central level with a depression. Long after the abdomen oval, narrow.
China with a large black ants, carpenter ants to care and treatment of disease existed since ancient times. Han weak bones treatment "King Kong pills" is made with the ants pill mill, in the civil widespread. Ming Dynasty pharmacologist Li's "Compendium of Materia Medica" the first detailed accounts of the habits of ants and drug effects, and for the safety of edible ants arguments, but also its topical treatment of drug treatment swelling of gangrene. Qing Zhao Xuemin book "Compendium of Materia Medica Supplement to" further clarify the level of sweet ants can Qi Li, Ze color, reminders of milk and blood deficiency disease after treatment and post-natal Queru other illnesses.
There are also many people in China with large black ants, carpenter ants and other methods for medicinal, the main treatment of rheumatoid and rheumatic diseases, bronchitis, chronic gastritis, menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea, neurosis, tuberculosis, illness hair loss, impotence , age of menopause syndrome, infant dysplasia, insomnia, hepatitis B, influenza and other diseases and systemic lupus erythematosus, have received varying degrees of efficacy.
Big black carpenter ants reproduce prolifically, wide adaptability, fast growth, easy feeding and management. Farmed small investment, quick, small risk, is an effective, broad future prosperity. Especially in today's popular trend of health food and medicines, it can develop into new industries.
Big black carpenter ants, the main nutrients required for growth and development from the meat, starch, sugar, oil, microorganisms and plants. Conditions in captivity can be fed meat residue, molitor, grasshoppers, flies, mosquitoes, Rougu, aphids, rice, rice bran, animal carcasses, debris, larvae, eggs and live by the secretion of honeydew, and moss, pollen , broken fish bones, bread, bread crumbs and so on.
Corn, rice bran, soybean meal, fish meal with a mixing feed, should be first on the basin of a feed mixing, then mix the wet with a little boiling water, poured a small amount of honey, then fully mixing. Humidity can be cast of the hand drop for the degree, not too wet stick, or stick to the diet when feeding, and if the time will stick a long dead. When fed a good diet full bloom in the modulation dish bowl and place in large black carpenter ants and easy feeding, and easy to check the feeding areas. All remaining food should be removed to ensure that the big black carpenter ants eat health.
Big black carpenter ants usually eat each day to 0.1 mg. When fed within the first feed observed release in February, to eat for the degree of feed. Can not be fed too little, whether caused by snatch fight each other, or even killed. But do not most of, so as not to waste feed. Must be fed fresh feed, to promptly remove leftover materials to prevent deterioration caused by mildew disease. Fed honey and the like, must be diluted into a star cast, many points as little as possible and to avoid eating and flooded into the sugar ants inside. |
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