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#1 Offline DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL - Posted December 1 2020 - 9:00 PM

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Hi y'all.
In this journal I will be documenting my Odontomachus similimus colony :lol: . I haven't seen any Trap Jaw journals in FC.This colony was caught as a colony with just 1 worker and they stilll just have one. They are a tough Sp. to grow from a single queen(plenty of exp.). They are living in a tubs and tubes. I feed them termites and roaches.They do have a pretty large pile of eggs but the eggs never seem to develop. I think they must be eating the eggs, these ants do practice cannibalism. :ugone2far: 
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#2 Offline ZTYguy - Posted December 1 2020 - 9:02 PM

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Oooooo. I love trap jaws. So excited!!!!!!!!!


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Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.


#3 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted December 1 2020 - 9:08 PM

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Oh nice! Odontos are a really nice genus. there's only a super isloated odonto population in cali tho  :ugone2far:



#4 Offline ZTYguy - Posted December 1 2020 - 9:09 PM

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There’s odonto’s here!?


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A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.


#5 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 1 2020 - 9:15 PM

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There’s odonto’s here!?


Sorta. They're very isolated, near the AZ border.
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#6 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted December 1 2020 - 9:15 PM

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There’s odonto’s here!?

They are in Arizona, so there are probably small populations right next to and around the border between the two states (CA and AZ). However, I don't think they are spread throughout CA, nor considered fully native here. I may be wrong, however. :)


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#7 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted December 1 2020 - 9:15 PM

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Hi y'all.
In this journal I will be documenting my Odontomachus similimus colony :lol: . I haven't seen any Trap Jaw journals in FC.This colony was caught as a colony with just 1 worker and they stilll just have one. They are a tough Sp. to grow from a single queen(plenty of exp.). They are living in a tubs and tubes. I feed them termites and roaches.They do have a pretty large pile of eggs but the eggs never seem to develop. I think they must be eating the eggs, these ants do practice cannibalism. :ugone2far: 
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"Haven't seen any trapjaw journals on FC".... am I a joke to you?

Seriously though, they look great. To get them to stop eating their eggs it is SUPER important that you feed daily. They are used to taking in one or two small prey items each day, so you want to mimic that in captivity with small, daily feedings, rather than large, infrequent feedings.


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#8 Offline DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL - Posted December 1 2020 - 9:21 PM

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Hi y'all.
In this journal I will be documenting my Odontomachus similimus colony :lol: . I haven't seen any Trap Jaw journals in FC.This colony was caught as a colony with just 1 worker and they stilll just have one. They are a tough Sp. to grow from a single queen(plenty of exp.). They are living in a tubs and tubes. I feed them termites and roaches.They do have a pretty large pile of eggs but the eggs never seem to develop. I think they must be eating the eggs, these ants do practice cannibalism. :ugone2far: 
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"Haven't seen any trapjaw journals on FC".... am I a joke to you?

Seriously though, they look great. To get them to stop eating their eggs it is SUPER important that you feed daily. They are used to taking in one or two small prey items each day, so you want to mimic that in captivity with small, daily feedings, rather than large, infrequent feedings.

 

Sorry, Didn't notice yours.I will try but they don't seem to accept the majority of the food I give them.They accept small prey only And that too only sometimes.


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#9 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted December 1 2020 - 9:24 PM

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There’s odonto’s here!?

Yes, I wouldn't go out and catch them tho. Grow the population.  :D



#10 Offline SleepyAsianAnter - Posted December 1 2020 - 9:48 PM

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There’s odonto’s here!?

Yes, I wouldn't go out and catch them tho. Grow the population.  :D

 

They've had a couple decades to grow out, if they're well suited for cali, their population would be large by now


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#11 Offline ZTYguy - Posted December 1 2020 - 10:22 PM

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Idk. I’m going to get some odontos even if I die trying


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A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.


#12 Offline DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL - Posted December 1 2020 - 10:26 PM

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But be careful keeping them they have a very delicate diet and they're really tough to get through the founding stage in captivity(at least the sps. here are).



#13 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted December 2 2020 - 7:39 AM

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Idk. I’m going to get some odontos even if I die trying

I'm gonna just try and get a permit, then get them in from Florida :)


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#14 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted December 2 2020 - 2:18 PM

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It's probably just me, but I'd rather have Anochetus than Odontomachus. I like small species.



#15 Offline ponerinecat - Posted December 2 2020 - 7:46 PM

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It's probably just me, but I'd rather have Anochetus than Odontomachus. I like small species.

Anochetus are obscure no matter where you go though. At least odontos are easy to find.


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#16 Offline DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL - Posted December 2 2020 - 7:54 PM

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Yes,though there are supposed to be much more species of anochetus than odonto in my area, but they are really tough to spot. And I can find trap jaw queens all around the year.



#17 Offline DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL - Posted December 2 2020 - 8:02 PM

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UPDATE#1
I moved my ants into a naturalistic setup.I have kept one colonies of trap jaw's in the past.This colony was kept in a terrarium and they did well.So I moved this colony too into a naturalistic setup. Just a container full of coco peat. They moved  into a cavity that I made in the substrate.I can clearly see them as the nest is right near to the edge.And today when I checked up on them I could see a larvae,a tiny one. :yahoo: So I hope its working.I am keeping the substrate really wet and humid.Trap Jaws need humidity.And I fed them a killed spider,too.


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#18 Offline ZTYguy - Posted December 2 2020 - 8:09 PM

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Yeee. Congrats on the larva. So now leave them alone for about two weeks and just check up on them to give them food.


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A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.


#19 Offline DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL - Posted December 2 2020 - 8:18 PM

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Yeee. Congrats on the larva. So now leave them alone for about two weeks and just check up on them to give them food.

I have to feed them daily.They have a tight diet.Got to experiment with different types of food too.


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#20 Offline ZTYguy - Posted December 2 2020 - 8:57 PM

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Aaaa. Ok


Ant Keeping Since June 2018
Currently Keeping:
A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.





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