fungus

This population of Acromyrmex practices pleometrosis, a form of polygyny where multiple queens will found together and raise their fungus. Unlike other ants, these do not have nanitic workers. they are weakly polymorphic with minors and majors, but no supermajors like in ATTA, a related species.

Despite being desert ants, these farm a species of fungus that cannot tolerate temperatures higher than 85 f, the best Temp range is around 75-78-ish. If the fungus dies, the entire colony goes with it.

Hi everyone, I just got home and there is a mushroom growing in my enclosure Should I clean and empty the whole thing or just remove the fungi and leave it? I don't anything about mushrooms etc It seems to have grown from the damp area around the water dish Could it be harmful for my T...

My year and a half or so old Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens has been doing quite fine for awhile but 3 or 4 days ago I found mold in it's enclosure. I made a stupid decision by putting small wooden statues in the new home I gave it 2 months ago. The mold appeared on both small statues. I...