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[will.ryder]

Hello i just started a new colony of Odontomachus brunneus and I came here right away for a ant care sheet but there where none on this ant  . So my question is can anyone please put one together for me and give me the link or something thanks 

 

PS: sorry if i put his in the wrong forum I wasn't sure what to put this under being I couldn't find anyone else asking the same.

[ZllGGY]

i don't think anyone can really just whip up a care sheet. usually the people that do it are people who have taken the time to study their respective ants and are able to observe their particular behaviors. Not to mention that Odontomachus are already a hard species for people to even get past the founding stages so it is unfortunately very unlikely that some one here will have a detailed care sheet available for the forum, but my fingers are crossed for you. i would say just try to mimic the area that you found her to the best of your abilities. 

[AntPhycho]

Wow Odontomachus brunneus beautiful species   I love trap jaws. Never did have a chance to keep them though due to them not being native to my area. I do not have much information except I have heard they do like termites and the queens are semi-claustral but these videos may help.  . Also semi-claustral queens usually need a foraging area. I would put her in a simple test tube setup, cover it in tin foil so it is nice and dark, and set it in an out world (this video may explain it more ). In the out world you would put maybe small crickets and as I said earlier termites. They usually prefer live food, so I wouldn't pre kill the small feeder insects. I honestly don't know much about what they prefer for a sugar source, but I'd try the two simplest ones first (honey, cotton dipped in sugar water). Anyways I wish you the best  , and I would like you very much to do a journal on these girls since this forum has kind of a grey area in the "trap jaw department".