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[PaigeX]

https://imgur.com/a/WnnOxn3
R they larvae

going just by the size of whatever is in her jaws its gotta be a larvae. 

[Idontexist]

I think a egg has turned reddish. Good or baad thing?

[bmb1bee]

If an egg looks reddish, then it might've hatched. The red part is the digested food that the queen fed the larva.

[Idontexist]

https://imgur.com/a/WnnOxn3
R they larvae

going just by the size of whatever is in her jaws its gotta be a larvae.

egg clutch

[Idontexist]

Still no larva. I dobt know if they hatched

[ArcaneAnt]

I found them to be monomorium they are digging

Congrats man, hope they are still doing well

[Idontexist]

She ate her eggs. I think i might brood boost her

[Boomerfud]

She could be infertile

[bmb1bee]

She ate her eggs. I think i might brood boost her

If she eats her eggs, she might be too stressed. Here are some tips:

1) Check on her less, like only once or twice a week. In can be hard, but it'll help your queen. Too much light and vibrations will stress her out and cause her to eat her eggs.
2) Leave her in a dark quiet place. One with low light and no vibrations, like an unused drawer or closet.
3) Add some substrate like sand or dirt in the test tube. Trapjaws like Odontomachus generally do better with substrate in their founding chamber. Just don't bury her in it, put the substrate in the tube BEFORE you add your queen.
4) Feed the queen small bits of protein, like SMALL crickets or spiders. Kill them first, or else they'll kill your queen and brood. The queen will feed the protein to her brood so that they'll grow faster. Any larger prey will pose a much greater risk, and your queen might not even eat them. A couple small drops of honey will provide her energy to hunt.
5) If you DO brood-boost her, use only the same species and only mature larvae and pupae. Brood collected from other species might kill the queen once they hatch, so be sure to identify them correctly. If you give the queen too many eggs and small larvae, she might not be able to take care of.them all and might actually eat them instead.

Good luck on your trapjaw queen...

[Idontexist]

She ate her eggs. I think i might brood boost her

If she eats her eggs, she might be too stressed. Here are some tips:
1) Check on her less, like only once or twice a week. In can be hard, but it'll help your queen. Too much light and vibrations will stress her out and cause her to eat her eggs.
2) Leave her in a dark quiet place. One with low light and no vibrations, like an unused drawer or closet.
3) Add some substrate like sand or dirt in the test tube. Trapjaws like Odontomachus generally do better with substrate in their founding chamber. Just don't bury her in it, put the substrate in the tube BEFORE you add your queen.
4) Feed the queen small bits of protein, like SMALL crickets or spiders. Kill them first, or else they'll kill your queen and brood. The queen will feed the protein to her brood so that they'll grow faster. Any larger prey will pose a much greater risk, and your queen might not even eat them. A couple small drops of honey will provide her energy to hunt.
5) If you DO brood-boost her, use only the same species and only mature larvae and pupae. Brood collected from other species might kill the queen once they hatch, so be sure to identify them correctly. If you give the queen too many eggs and small larvae, she might not be able to take care of.them all and might actually eat them instead.

Good luck on your trapjaw queen...

she was actually hiding them

[Idontexist]

She ate her eggs. I think i might brood boost her

If she eats her eggs, she might be too stressed. Here are some tips:
1) Check on her less, like only once or twice a week. In can be hard, but it'll help your queen. Too much light and vibrations will stress her out and cause her to eat her eggs.
2) Leave her in a dark quiet place. One with low light and no vibrations, like an unused drawer or closet.
3) Add some substrate like sand or dirt in the test tube. Trapjaws like Odontomachus generally do better with substrate in their founding chamber. Just don't bury her in it, put the substrate in the tube BEFORE you add your queen.
4) Feed the queen small bits of protein, like SMALL crickets or spiders. Kill them first, or else they'll kill your queen and brood. The queen will feed the protein to her brood so that they'll grow faster. Any larger prey will pose a much greater risk, and your queen might not even eat them. A couple small drops of honey will provide her energy to hunt.
5) If you DO brood-boost her, use only the same species and only mature larvae and pupae. Brood collected from other species might kill the queen once they hatch, so be sure to identify them correctly. If you give the queen too many eggs and small larvae, she might not be able to take care of.them all and might actually eat them instead.

Good luck on your trapjaw queen...

she was actually hiding them

[Antkeeper01]

press post only once please

[bmb1bee]

Additional tip, after you press it once and it doesn't load yet, wait for a moment. It'll load eventually... it happened to me a couple times too.

[antsriondel]

Additional tip, after you press it once and it doesn't load yet, wait for a moment. It'll load eventually... it happened to me a couple times too.

yeah me too

[Idontexist]

My sister accidentally realeased both the Ectatomma and the trapjaws in my room (she is a baby and was playing with the test tubes) but i managed to save both before they where gone. But she got bitten. The eggs are all safe. No updates
My sister accidentally realeased both the Ectatomma and the trapjaws in my room (she is a baby and was playing with the test tubes) but i managed to save both before they where gone. But she got bitten. The eggs are all safe. No updates

[Leptomyrmx]

Additional tip, after you press it once and it doesn't load yet, wait for a moment. It'll load eventually... it happened to me a couple times too.

 

My sister accidentally realeased both the Ectatomma and the trapjaws in my room (she is a baby and was playing with the test tubes) but i managed to save both before they where gone. But she got bitten. The eggs are all safe. No updates
My sister accidentally realeased both the Ectatomma and the trapjaws in my room (she is a baby and was playing with the test tubes) but i managed to save both before they where gone. But she got bitten. The eggs are all safe. No updates

 

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I'd advise to keep ants away from small children, especially something that can hurt so much like a trapjaw.

Hope everyone's ok, your sister and the ants.

[bmb1bee]

You should find a more secure spot to place your test tubes. Like a taller shelf that your sister may not be able to reach, or somewhere she (and anyone else) won't find them. They're probably pretty stressed right now...

[NicholasP]

Trap Jaw venom is excruciatingly painful and especially worse for younger children because they're smaller. I'd say put them in a locked cabinet although I have no idea how expensive locks are in Mexico. If you can't afford a lock my best advice is to put them on a higher shelf that only you can reach them ant to keep the test tubes from rolling around, you could use books. Let us know if you need any more help!

[bmb1bee]

But it seems as if you're only keeping them in test tubes... Ectatomma and Odontomachus are both semi-claustral and need an outworld to forage in. You need to keep the test tubes in a plastic container with some DRY dirt (so that they won't nest in it), so that they can search for food in. Also, the test tubes have to be in SEPARATE containers, or else the ants will kill each other. Some food to give them are sugar water or small insects, served on a food plate of some sort so that it's easier to clean.

[ANTdrew]

Plot twist!