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Introduction & Overview

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Common Name

Meat ants, Meaties

Queen Size

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Worker Size

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Characteristics

Fully Claustral
Fungus Growing
Slave Maker

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Queen Identification

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Founding setup

Temperature

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Humidity

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Time to first workers

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Sensitivity concerns

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Tubs and tubes

Formicarium

Notes

Final Thoughts

Iridomyrmex purpureus

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