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ANTS_KL's Odontomachus journal!

Started By ANTS_KL , Apr 10 2021 4:14 PM

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#1 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted April 10 2021 - 4:14 PM

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Hi there! a couple weeks ago I got an Odontomachus queen from my neighbour. while I was busy flipping rocks and logs trying to find one, he just saw her on the roadside lmao!! Anyway, after I put her in a tubs and tubes setup she has laid eggs. I won't be posting pics tho cuz when I try to get some pictures she panics. So no pics till the nanitics come, sorry. Anyway I have discovered that she despises crickets lol. Its as if to her they were the spawn of the devil. She loves silverfish. Any tips on what i can feed her besides silverfish and mealworms?? I will update this journal every time her brood progresses a bit further so don't expect daily posts.


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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#2 Offline Superant33 - Posted April 11 2021 - 8:15 AM

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Soft bodied insects. Fruit flies and termites. Add spring tails. Smaller Odontomachus species prey on them.

#3 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted April 12 2021 - 11:10 PM

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i tried termites but she despises them.. same with fruit flies. and she usually ignores critters smaller than 3mm so i don't think springtails work either. but thanks for the tips!! :)


Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#4 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted April 13 2021 - 8:28 AM

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Termites are usually a favorite for all ants, so that’s pretty unusual.

#5 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted April 16 2021 - 5:16 PM

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Ikr. She only eats alates of microcerotermes. any other caste or sp of termite is ignored... And worst yet, microcerotermes are the rarest termites in my area so i guess ill stick with silverfish and mealworms. Anyway, currently there is nothing new with the odontomachus but i do have an Oecophylla queen. If she gets workers i will make a journal on her too


Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#6 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 5 2021 - 10:38 PM

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LARVA. I see 1 medium sized larva and boy it's growing fast. Pupa coming in a week or two I hope
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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#7 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 6 2021 - 1:32 AM

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Larva to pupa takes about 8-12 days but may vary depending on how often you feed them, temperature and humidity.


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#8 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 6 2021 - 3:14 AM

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Larva to pupa takes about 8-12 days but may vary depending on how often you feed them, temperature and humidity.

I feed it quite a lot and today is day 4 with the larva so fingers crossed it can pupate. I can finally add photos so I'm adding pics in next post.

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#9 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 6 2021 - 3:21 AM

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Pic of some eggs. I've circled them in blue in case you can't see. And another pic of the larva I've circled in red. Pics of the setup included
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Edited by ANTS_KL, May 6 2021 - 3:23 AM.

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#10 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 6 2021 - 4:40 AM

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Pic of some eggs. I've circled them in blue in case you can't see. And another pic of the larva I've circled in red. Pics of the setup included
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Looking good! 


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#11 Offline yibsi - Posted May 6 2021 - 4:52 AM

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Looks good! Excited to see where these gals go! Just make sure there are air holes in that setup and your good to go, make sure to feed them regularly also.


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    Nylanderia parvula - 4 queen polygynous colony with larvae + devoloping workers

    Camponotus pennsylvanicus  - 1 queen with 2 cocoons, and a few larvae and eggs

    Tetramorium immigrans - 3 colonies, first nanetics!

    Formica pallidifulva - 1 queen, 8-10 eggs

    Tetramorium atratulum - 1 queen with roughly 17 host workers

    :D Pheidole pilifera - 1 queen! recently caught! :D

    Solenopsis Molesta - 2 queens so far, polygenous set-up

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#12 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted May 6 2021 - 5:01 AM

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Looks good! Excited to see where these gals go! Just make sure there are air holes in that setup and your good to go, make sure to feed them regularly also.

It looks like there is one small airhole covered in mesh but they should probably have more ventilation than that.


#13 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 6 2021 - 8:06 PM

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Looks good! Excited to see where these gals go! Just make sure there are air holes in that setup and your good to go, make sure to feed them regularly also.

It looks like there is one small airhole covered in mesh but they should probably have more ventilation than that.
I don't close the lid fully so air just flows in.

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#14 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 7 2021 - 11:44 PM

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News! Little baby girl grew bigger! No pics for now as I do not wanna disturb her too much untill the larva spins a cocoon.

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#15 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 10 2021 - 8:56 PM

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News! Little baby girl grew bigger! No pics for now as I do not wanna disturb her too much untill the larva spins a cocoon.

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Nothing new, but the larva seems bigger!

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#16 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 13 2021 - 8:00 PM

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PUPAE!! I'm SO HAPPY! The lone larva has finally pupated! No pics tho as I don't want her to eat it. I have a question, how long do the pupa take to eclose?

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#17 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 14 2021 - 1:50 AM

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PUPAE!! I'm SO HAPPY! The lone larva has finally pupated! No pics tho as I don't want her to eat it. I have a question, how long do the pupa take to eclose?

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On room temperature it takes about 14-16 days. But it may vary.


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#18 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 14 2021 - 2:45 AM

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Thx

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#19 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 21 2021 - 6:20 PM

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*Sigh* nothing new... But there is a new batch of eggs! Hope the pupa hatches soon

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#20 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 21 2021 - 11:01 PM

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Let's hope your nanitics arrive soon, and hope that the colony will be successful, my previous trap jaw colony had all their eggs eaten by springtails.


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