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Posted August 4 2025 - 10:06 PM
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Hello everyone, its been a second since I last posted.
So I have been thinking about getting another colony, and I`m deciding beween P. Californicus and S. Xyloni. I am not worried about space or escapees. Let me know which species you guys have had more fun with. Thanks!
Edited by AntsGodzilla, August 5 2025 - 8:50 AM.
And many Carnivorous plants such as: Dionea (fly trap), Sarracenia (American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese (Tropical Pitcher plant), Drosera, (sundew) and Pinguicula (Butterwort) (show off your plants here)
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Posted August 5 2025 - 4:09 AM
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S. xyloni grow faster, are more aggressive, and are polymorphic. P. californicus are sometimes polygynous.
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Posted August 5 2025 - 9:13 PM
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Both are sometimes polygynous. Both also heavily consume seeds, as they are granivorous in the wild. I'd say S. xyloni are marginally easier to keep and can grow fast even without heat. However that's also kind of a disadvantage, since they may grow too fast and get a bit difficult to contain eventually. As RushmoreAnts said they are polymorphic unlike P. californicus, though I'd say the latter are more impressive looking overall. I've kept both briefly before and if I were to keep one of them again, it'd probably be a polygynous colony of bicolored P. californicus since care is relatively similar and Pogonomyrmex are larger and in my opinion more interesting ants.
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