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Posted July 21 2021 - 8:22 PM
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Hello, this is my first time with a Trap-Jaw ant queen although I have kept other ant species. So far so good with eggs but I haven't been able to find a good resource on how to care for or raise this species. Thanks to SirDuckington for the better pics.
Any good information, tips, or resources to look at on care, feeding, formicarium requirements, etc... are appreciated. Thank you!
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Posted July 21 2021 - 9:37 PM
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Eggs usually take 1 month to hatch into larvae. I've heard many people saying trap jaws are picky eaters but actually they're not that picky, you just need to feed cut up prey so the queen can directly eat the liquid insides of the prey (mealworms, crickets, roaches etc) , adult trap jaw ants can't eat solid food, and make sure the prey is smaller than the queen itself, trap jaws are solitary hunters and they usually don't hunt prey bigger than themselves. Larvae also require substrate to spin cocoons.
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Posted July 21 2021 - 11:59 PM
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Yea and this care is usually applied to most OdontomachusEggs usually take 1 month to hatch into larvae. I've heard many people saying trap jaws are picky eaters but actually they're not that picky, you just need to feed cut up prey so the queen can directly eat the liquid insides of the prey (mealworms, crickets, roaches etc) , adult trap jaw ants can't eat solid food, and make sure the prey is smaller than the queen itself, trap jaws are solitary hunters and they usually don't hunt prey bigger than themselves. Larvae also require substrate to spin cocoons.
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Posted July 22 2021 - 2:04 AM
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Hello, this is my first time with a Trap-Jaw ant queen although I have kept other ant species. So far so good with eggs but I haven't been able to find a good resource on how to care for or raise this species. Thanks to SirDuckington for the better pics.
Any good information, tips, or resources to look at on care, feeding, formicarium requirements, etc... are appreciated. Thank you!
For trap jaws you much them with humid substrate,I see you already have done that so just keep it wet.
For feeding I suggest small insects like termites and big insects with large amount of liquids(superworms?).
Feed them daily and take care that the queen won't eat her own brood/workers.
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Posted July 22 2021 - 7:02 PM
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Thank you, I'll start with that!
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Posted March 9 2022 - 12:51 AM
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Posted March 9 2022 - 8:51 AM
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Any update on your colony?
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Probably dead/they haven't been online since October, and please don't revive threads like this
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Posted March 9 2022 - 9:07 PM
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There is nothing wrong with asking for an update. This thread isn't even a year old.
Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.
However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:
Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).
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Posted March 14 2022 - 8:32 AM
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There is nothing wrong with asking for an update. This thread isn't even a year old.
The queen turned out to be pretty good at raising pupae and had lots of offspring! 
Too bad she wasn't fertile and they're all males. 
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Posted March 14 2022 - 9:13 AM
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There is nothing wrong with asking for an update. This thread isn't even a year old.
The queen turned out to be pretty good at raising pupae and had lots of offspring!
Too bad she wasn't fertile and they're all males.
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