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[BrittonLS]

Gahhhh, Odontomachuuuuuus. Keep up the great work, Etherwulf and good luck.

[jpalves]

Nice queens!! How are they now?

I have a Odontomachus queen and she doesn't have soil in her test tube. I tried to put some in there but she got scared and then I took it off. If I put some soil in the outworld do you think the queen will bring some to the test tube and put it around the larvae?

Ps: sorry for my speech, English is not my native language.

[Etherwulf]

Not good. One colony died off while the remaining one is faring poorly.

 

This genus, as noted by other members, are notoriously hard to keep. The only guy I know who did it successfully had a very simple setup. Basically, he had a cup lined with paper towels with another layer of damp soil. I recommend that instead of a test tube.

[jpalves]

I got three Pheidole queens with many eggs in another test tube and I'm focused on them. I'm trying the Odontomachus just because they looks cool and would like to have a healthy colony of this genus.

[BrittonLS]

Yeah. From what I've read they live mostly under rocks and probably don't get much bigger than 100 workers. So I imagine they don't grow rapidly and could be pretty easy to give them a setup they won't thrive in. Hope it goes well though.