[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":355},["ShallowReactive",2],{"species-sheet-\u002Ffr\u002Fspecies\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis":3},{"species":4,"profile":228,"countryNames":267,"lookalikes":273,"similar":276,"posts":333},{"id":5,"authority":6,"colonyStructure":7,"confidence":8,"countries":11,"defense":17,"diet":20,"difficulty":23,"dryHumidity":24,"escapeRisk":10,"estimated":25,"experience":29,"extension":30,"finder":31,"founding":32,"growth":33,"guide":24,"hibernation":34,"hibernationMonths":35,"hibernationTemperature":38,"humidity":40,"image":43,"imageCredit":44,"imageHeight":48,"imageWidth":49,"interests":24,"keptSince":24,"legal":50,"lookalikes":53,"majorSize":24,"maxWorkers":56,"meta":57,"nests":58,"nuptialFlightMonths":24,"nuptialFlightTime":24,"nuptialFlightTriggers":24,"polymorphism":62,"queenSize":63,"regions":66,"relatedPosts":69,"reviewedAt":52,"scientificName":73,"sources":74,"stem":213,"subfamily":214,"temperature":215,"tribe":218,"workerSize":219,"__hash__":222,"slug":223,"genus":224,"nickname":225,"aliases":226,"tagline":227},"species\u002Fspecies\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis.yml","Mayr, 1853","monogyne",{"biology":9,"husbandry":10,"nuptialFlight":9},"high","medium",[12,13,14,15,16],"ES","PT","FR","IT","MA",[18,19],"bite","sting",[21,22],"insects","sugar","3",null,[26,27,28],"hibernationTemperature","queenSize","maxWorkers","compiled","yml",false,"fission","fast","recommended",[36,37],12,2,[36,39],16,[41,42],50,65,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis.jpg",{"author":45,"license":46,"url":47},"Diego González Dopico","CC BY 4.0","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.inaturalist.org\u002Fobservations\u002F347125087",800,1200,{"status":51,"checked":52},"free","2026-10-11",[54,55],"Aphaenogaster gemella","Aphaenogaster iberica",3000,{},[59,60,61],"ytong","naturalistic","acrylic","monomorphic",[64,65],8,10,[67,68],"europe","northAfrica",[70,71,72],"how-to-make-a-ytong-nest","how-to-hibernate-your-ants","the-best-conditions-to-keep-ants-the-ant-pod","Aphaenogaster senilis",[75,81,86,90,94,99,103,107,111,115,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,154,159,163,168,172,176,180,184,188,192,197,201,205,209],{"type":76,"title":77,"url":78,"covers":79},"paper","Cronin and Monnin (2009), Frontiers in Zoology: Bourgeois queens and high stakes games in the ant Aphaenogaster senilis (one queen per colony, colony fission, replacement queens, field colony sizes)","https:\u002F\u002Fpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Farticles\u002FPMC2771002\u002F",[80],"biology",{"type":76,"title":82,"url":83,"covers":84},"Boulay et al. (2007), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology: Production of sexuals in a fission-performing ant (168 field colonies in Spain, 121 to 3,906 workers, males far outnumber young queens)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs00265-007-0385-3",[80,85],"distribution",{"type":76,"title":87,"url":88,"covers":89},"Ichinose and Lenoir (2009), Journal of Ethology: Reproductive conflict between laying workers in the ant Aphaenogaster senilis (the two ways colonies split)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs10164-008-0145-5",[80],{"type":76,"title":91,"url":92,"covers":93},"Peeters (2012), Myrmecological News: Convergent evolution of wingless reproductives across all subfamilies of ants (lists Aphaenogaster senilis with short-winged queens)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.myrmecologicalnews.org\u002Fcms\u002Findex.php?option=com_download&view=download&filename=volume16%2Fmn16_75-91_printable.pdf&format=raw",[80],{"type":76,"title":95,"url":96,"covers":97},"Maák et al. (2017), Animal Behaviour: Tool selection during foraging in two species of funnel ants (habitat, colonies kept in the lab at 24 degrees with moist plaster nests)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.anbehav.2016.11.005",[80,98],"husbandry",{"type":76,"title":100,"url":101,"covers":102},"Maák et al. (2020), eLife: A small number of workers with specific personality traits perform tool use in ants (Aphaenogaster senilis kept in plaster nests, crickets and apple with honey)","https:\u002F\u002Fpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Farticles\u002FPMC7725502\u002F",[80,98],{"type":76,"title":104,"url":105,"covers":106},"Caut et al. (2013), Ecoscience: A year in an ant's life, opportunism and seasonal variation in the foraging ecology of Aphaenogaster senilis (active almost all year in southern Spain)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2980\u002F20-1-3559",[80],{"type":76,"title":108,"url":109,"covers":110},"Galarza et al. (2012), Oikos: Frequent colony relocations do not result in effective dispersal in the gypsy ant Aphaenogaster senilis","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1111\u002Fj.1600-0706.2011.19859.x",[80],{"type":76,"title":112,"url":113,"covers":114},"Cagniant (1992), Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle: Etude des populations marocaines d'Aphaenogaster (suprasp.) senilis (the species in Morocco)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.5962\u002Fp.289870",[85],{"type":116,"title":117,"url":118,"covers":119},"reference","AntCat: Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853 (valid species of Myrmicinae, tribe Stenammini; page blocked to bots, checked through the Catalogue of Life, which mirrors AntCat)","https:\u002F\u002Fantcat.org\u002Fcatalog\u002F431258",[120],"taxonomy",{"type":116,"title":122,"url":123,"covers":124},"AntWiki: Aphaenogaster senilis (page blocked to bots, read through search excerpts: country list, fission, one queen, Sardinian type locality)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.antwiki.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAphaenogaster_senilis",[120,80,85],{"type":116,"title":126,"url":127,"covers":128},"GBIF: Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853 (accepted name, occurrence records by country)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gbif.org\u002Fspecies\u002F1316075",[120,85],{"type":116,"title":130,"url":131,"covers":132},"Wikipedia: Aphaenogaster senilis","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAphaenogaster_senilis",[120,80,85],{"type":116,"title":134,"url":135,"covers":136},"Wikipedia (French): Aphaenogaster senilis","https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAphaenogaster_senilis",[80,85],{"type":116,"title":138,"url":139,"covers":140},"Wikipedia: Aphaenogaster (tribe Stenammini, funnel ants)","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAphaenogaster",[120],{"type":116,"title":142,"url":143,"covers":144},"Alarcon, after Arcos and Fede (2023), key to the Aphaenogaster workers of the Iberian Peninsula (senilis with medium slender spines, gemella with very reduced spines, iberica with long spines but gray)","https:\u002F\u002Fpacoalarcon.com\u002Fformicidae\u002Fclaves_aphaenogaster.pdf",[120],{"type":116,"title":146,"url":147,"covers":148},"AntScout: Aphaenogaster senilis (care sheet compiled from the literature)","https:\u002F\u002Fantscout.com\u002Fspecies\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis",[80,98,85],{"type":150,"title":151,"url":152,"covers":153},"forum","Ameisenforum.de: Aphaenogaster senilis Haltungserfahrungen (keeping diary from 2010 to 2013, from 70 to over 1,000 workers, winters at room temperature)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ameisenforum.de\u002Fviewtopic.php?t=40682",[98,80],{"type":155,"title":156,"url":157,"covers":158},"careSheet","Ameisenforum.de: Steckbrief Aphaenogaster senilis (colony splitting, winter rest described as disputed)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ameisenforum.de\u002Fviewtopic.php?t=30579",[98,80,120],{"type":155,"title":160,"url":161,"covers":162},"Fourmiculture: Aphaenogaster senilis colony with queen and workers (gentle winter rest, diet, nest size, sting)","https:\u002F\u002Ffourmiculture.com\u002Fen\u002Fproduct\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis-colony-with-queen-and-workers\u002F",[98,80],{"type":155,"title":164,"url":165,"covers":166},"Esprit Fourmis: Aphaenogaster senilis care sheet (no nuptial flight, budding, 22 to 28 degrees, short winter rest)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.esprit-fourmis.fr\u002Fen\u002Fproduit\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis\u002F",[98,80,167],"nuptialFlight",{"type":155,"title":169,"url":170,"covers":171},"Ameisenhaltung.de: Artenverzeichnis, Aphaenogaster senilis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ameisenhaltung.de\u002Fartenverzeichnis\u002Fentry\u002F3-aphaenogaster-senilis\u002F",[98,80],{"type":155,"title":173,"url":174,"covers":175},"Antstore: Aphaenogaster senilis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.antstore.net\u002Fshop\u002Fen\u002Fants\u002FAnts-from-South-Europe\u002FAphaenogaster-senilis.html",[98,80],{"type":155,"title":177,"url":178,"covers":179},"Ant Shack: Aphaenogaster senilis care sheet","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ant-shack.com\u002Fblogs\u002Fant-care-sheets-1\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis-1",[98,80],{"type":155,"title":181,"url":182,"covers":183},"FormicaMarket: Aphaenogaster senilis care guide (lists May to July flights, which the papers do not support)","https:\u002F\u002Fformicamarket.com\u002Fen\u002Fant-database\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis\u002F",[98,80],{"type":155,"title":185,"url":186,"covers":187},"ANTonTOP: Aphaenogaster senilis (no flight, colony budding)","https:\u002F\u002Fantontop.com\u002Fants\u002Fhibernating-species\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis\u002F",[98,80,167],{"type":155,"title":189,"url":190,"covers":191},"Antkeeping.info: Aphaenogaster senilis (lists June to August flights, which the papers do not support)","https:\u002F\u002Fantkeeping.info\u002Fants\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis\u002F",[85,167],{"type":116,"title":193,"url":194,"covers":195},"EU list of invasive alien species of Union concern (Implementing Regulation 2016\u002F1141, consolidated)","https:\u002F\u002Feur-lex.europa.eu\u002Feli\u002Freg_impl\u002F2016\u002F1141\u002Foj",[196],"legal",{"type":116,"title":198,"url":199,"covers":200},"Antkeeping.info: ant species forbidden in the EU","https:\u002F\u002Fantkeeping.info\u002Fants\u002Fkeeping-forbidden-in-eu-species\u002F",[196],{"type":116,"title":202,"url":203,"covers":204},"Bundesartenschutzverordnung (BArtSchV), Anlage 1: protected species in Germany","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gesetze-im-internet.de\u002Fbartschv_2005\u002Fanlage_1.html",[196],{"type":116,"title":206,"url":207,"covers":208},"MITECO: Spanish Catalogue of Invasive Alien Species, arthropods","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.miteco.gob.es\u002Fen\u002Fbiodiversidad\u002Ftemas\u002Fconservacion-de-especies\u002Fespecies-exoticas-invasoras\u002Fce_eei_artropodos_nc.html",[196],{"type":116,"title":210,"url":211,"covers":212},"Japan Ministry of the Environment: list of designated invasive alien species (Invasive Alien Species Act)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.env.go.jp\u002Fnature\u002Fintro\u002F2outline\u002Flist.html",[196],"species\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis","Myrmicinae",[216,217],21,27,"Stenammini",[220,221],5,7,"_stMJWIwwT5yWYC2Ln1vjd88ZGn0JvWTCrjhEyCnuIE","aphaenogaster-senilis","Aphaenogaster","Fourmi gitane",[],"Une chasseuse agitée aux longues pattes, qui se propage en divisant sa colonie plutôt qu'en volant, et rapporte la nourriture liquide au nid sur de petits débris.",{"id":229,"title":230,"aliases":226,"body":231,"description":235,"extension":237,"faqs":238,"identification":248,"language":249,"meta":250,"navigation":251,"nickname":225,"notes":252,"path":263,"seo":264,"stem":265,"tagline":227,"__hash__":266},"speciesProfiles\u002Ffr\u002Fspecies\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis.md","Aphaenogaster Senilis",{"type":232,"value":233,"toc":234},"minimark",[],{"title":235,"searchDepth":37,"depth":37,"links":236},"",[],"md",[239,242,245],{"question":240,"answer":241},"Les reines d'Aphaenogaster senilis peuvent-elles voler, et comment démarrent les nouvelles colonies ?","Non. Les reines n'ont que des ailes courtes et non fonctionnelles : il n'y a donc pas de vol nuptial. Les nouvelles colonies naissent par fission : après un déménagement, une partie des ouvrières peut partir avec de jeunes larves femelles et élever une nouvelle reine à partir d'elles, et les très grandes colonies élèvent aussi quelques nouvelles reines, dont l'une quitte le nid à pied avec des ouvrières et du couvain pour fonder un nouveau nid. C'est pourquoi les boutiques vendent des colonies avec une reine, des ouvrières et du couvain, et non des reines seules.",{"question":243,"answer":244},"Que se passe-t-il si la reine d'une colonie d'Aphaenogaster senilis meurt ?","Les ouvrières peuvent élever des reines de remplacement à partir de jeunes larves, jusqu'à cinq à la fois dans des colonies de laboratoire, et les nouvelles reines se battent jusqu'à ce qu'il n'en reste qu'une. Les ouvrières orphelines pondent aussi des œufs non fécondés, qui donnent des mâles. La nouvelle reine doit encore s'accoupler, et l'accouplement n'a pas eu lieu dans les colonies de laboratoire : une colonie qui perd sa reine dans un formicarium fermé risque donc de ne pas s'en remettre.",{"question":246,"answer":247},"Combien d'ouvrières une colonie d'Aphaenogaster senilis atteint-elle ?","En Espagne, les colonies observées sur le terrain comptaient en moyenne environ 1 260 ouvrières, de tout juste plus d'une centaine à presque 3 900. En captivité, un éleveur allemand est parti d'environ 70 ouvrières et en a compté environ un millier deux ans plus tard : prévoyez donc une colonie de quelques milliers d'ouvrières au maximum, et non de dizaines de milliers.","Des ouvrières fines, aux longues pattes, d'une seule taille, d'un noir mat, avec de fins poils blanchâtres et une paire de courtes épines à l'arrière du thorax. Aphaenogaster gemella, qui lui ressemble, n'a presque pas d'épines, et les reines de cette espèce n'ont que de courts moignons à la place des ailes.","fr",{},true,[253,256,259,261],{"kind":254,"text":255},"watchOut","Il n'y a pas de vol nuptial et les reines ne fondent pas de colonie seules : l'espèce est donc vendue sous forme de fragment de colonie avec une reine, des ouvrières et du couvain. Lors d'un déménagement, videz le tube dans l'aire de chasse au lieu de le relier au nouveau nid, car les ouvrières peuvent s'attaquer entre elles pendant le déménagement.",{"kind":257,"text":258},"tip","Proposez la nourriture liquide avec quelques grains de sable ou de minuscules morceaux d'éponge à côté. Les ouvrières ne peuvent pas se passer le liquide de bouche à bouche : elles imbibent donc ces éléments et les portent à la reine et au couvain, et un éleveur a vu, à la place, de simples coupelles enterrées sous la mousse et le substrat.",{"kind":257,"text":260},"C'est une chasseuse très friande de protéines : donnez souvent de petits insectes ; l'œuf dur et le thon sont aussi acceptés. Les ouvrières posent les larves directement sur la proie pour qu'elles se nourrissent seules ; retirez donc les restes du nid avant qu'ils ne moisissent.",{"kind":257,"text":262},"Ne paniquez pas si la colonie déplace soudain son couvain vers un autre coin ou un autre tube : dans la nature, les colonies changent sans cesse de nid. Vérifiez quand même d'abord qu'il n'y a ni moisissure ni nid desséché, car la reine d'un éleveur a sorti ses œufs d'un tube où la moisissure s'était installée.","\u002Ffr\u002Fspecies\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis",{"description":235},"fr\u002Fspecies\u002Faphaenogaster-senilis","13S0qw_4PqOOX5ptHRyl2cESq2KZ5ATOrbjwyoNvwQI",[268,269,270,271,272],"Espagne","France","Italie","Maroc","Portugal",[274,275],{"name":54,"slug":24},{"name":55,"slug":24},[277,294,313],{"slug":278,"scientificName":279,"genus":224,"nickname":235,"aliases":280,"tagline":281,"image":282,"experience":29,"guide":24,"difficulty":283,"workerSize":284,"majorSize":24,"queenSize":286,"temperature":287,"hibernation":34,"hibernationTemperature":290,"hibernationBand":291,"sizeClass":10,"founding":292,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":293},"aphaenogaster-subterranea","Aphaenogaster subterranea",[],"Une fourmi de forêt fine et discrète, qui niche sous les pierres, chasse sans bruit dans la litière de feuilles et rapporte les liquides sucrés au nid sur des grains de terre imbibés.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Faphaenogaster-subterranea.jpg","4",[285,220],3,[221,64],[288,289],20,26,[64,36],"cool","claustral",[67],{"slug":295,"scientificName":296,"genus":297,"nickname":235,"aliases":298,"tagline":299,"image":300,"experience":29,"guide":24,"difficulty":301,"workerSize":302,"majorSize":24,"queenSize":304,"temperature":306,"hibernation":34,"hibernationTemperature":308,"hibernationBand":310,"sizeClass":10,"founding":292,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":311},"pogonomyrmex-rugosus","Pogonomyrmex rugosus","Pogonomyrmex",[],"Une lourde moissonneuse du désert, aux greniers profonds, avec un disque dénudé autour de son nid et une piqûre douloureuse.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fpogonomyrmex-rugosus.jpg","5",[221,303],9,[36,305],14,[289,307],30,[309,39],13,"mild",[312],"northAmerica",{"slug":314,"scientificName":315,"genus":316,"nickname":317,"aliases":318,"tagline":320,"image":321,"experience":29,"guide":24,"difficulty":23,"workerSize":322,"majorSize":24,"queenSize":324,"temperature":325,"hibernation":327,"hibernationTemperature":328,"hibernationBand":329,"sizeClass":10,"founding":292,"colonyStructure":330,"regions":331},"formica-fusca","Formica fusca","Formica","Fourmi toute brune",[319],"Fourmi soyeuse","Une fourmi noire timide et vive, qui pardonne les erreurs de débutant et sert d'hôte classique aux fourmis esclavagistes.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fformica-fusca.jpg",[323,221],4,[64,65],[216,326],25,"required",[220,64],"cold","facultative",[67,332],"asia",[334,341,348],{"id":335,"title":336,"description":337,"image":338,"categoryText":339,"path":340},"blog\u002Ffr\u002Fhow-to-make-a-ytong-nest.md","Comment fabriquer un nid en Ytong - Tutoriel fourmis","Dans ce tutoriel, apprenez à fabriquer un nid en Ytong pour vos colonies de fourmis ! C'est l'un des meilleurs types de nids pour de nombreuses espèces !","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_ytong_ant_nest_tutorial.png","Tutoriels","\u002Ffr\u002Fhow-to-make-a-ytong-nest",{"id":342,"title":343,"description":344,"image":345,"categoryText":346,"path":347},"blog\u002Ffr\u002Fhow-to-hibernate-your-ants.md","Comment faire hiverner vos fourmis - Tutoriel d'hivernation","Dans ce guide, parlons de l'hivernation : qu'est-ce que c'est ? Pourquoi les fourmis en ont-elles besoin ? Dois-je faire hiverner mes fourmis ? Voyons ça !","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_hibernation_guide.png","Bases","\u002Ffr\u002Fhow-to-hibernate-your-ants",{"id":349,"title":350,"description":351,"image":352,"categoryText":353,"path":354},"blog\u002Ffr\u002Fthe-best-conditions-to-keep-ants-the-ant-pod.md","Les meilleures conditions pour les fourmis - The Ant Pod","Température, humidité, nuisibles : tapis chauffants, systèmes d'hydratation, lutte contre les acariens, et pourquoi imiter l'habitat naturel de chaque espèce.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fthe_ant_pod_30_the_best_conditions_to_keep_ants.jpg","Podcasts","\u002Ffr\u002Fthe-best-conditions-to-keep-ants-the-ant-pod",1791900242946]