Hi there,
Im raising a queen of odontomachus and another one of ectattoma ants which are semi claustral and I know they are very tricky to care for but I accepted the challenge regardless of the difficulty. The odontomachus has a lot of eggs which she carries with her jaws and i feed her (as well as the ectattoma) with mealworms every 2-3 days. I'm not completely sure if it is necessary to keep them sugary foods as i feel that they are stuck with their eggs and larvae, they dont seem to grow.
In particular, the ectattoma had some eggs and a couple of very advanced larvae but it saddened me to discovered that only one remains. I keep them warm since their are native of a temperate weather and I try, for the most part, to keep their test tubes moist but I would appreciate all the tips and advice you guys can give me.
Thanks in advance.
Do Odontomachus need to eat sugary foods all the time?
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Do Odontomachus need to eat sugary foods all the time?
Crematogaster Ampla x2
Ectatomma Ruidom
Pheidole Reclusi
Dorymyrmex Insanus
Odontomachus Erythrocephalus
All in founding stage
Ectatomma Ruidom
Pheidole Reclusi
Dorymyrmex Insanus
Odontomachus Erythrocephalus
All in founding stage
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Re: Do Odontomachus need to eat sugary foods all the time?
Hello Puncarlol, I am currently raising a trap jaw ant colony from a single queen and just got my first couple of workers a little less than a week ago. I have been giving my ants around 5 termites every morning for protein and I keep a cotton ball saturated with sugar water inside their container.Puncarlol wrote: ↑Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:57 pmHi there,
Im raising a queen of odontomachus and another one of ectattoma ants which are semi claustral and I know they are very tricky to care for but I accepted the challenge regardless of the difficulty. The odontomachus has a lot of eggs which she carries with her jaws and i feed her (as well as the ectattoma) with mealworms every 2-3 days. I'm not completely sure if it is necessary to keep them sugary foods as i feel that they are stuck with their eggs and larvae, they dont seem to grow.
In particular, the ectattoma had some eggs and a couple of very advanced larvae but it saddened me to discovered that only one remains. I keep them warm since their are native of a temperate weather and I try, for the most part, to keep their test tubes moist but I would appreciate all the tips and advice you guys can give me.
Thanks in advance.
And yes I know this is completely overkill, but my thinking is that if I give her too much then she just won't eat the ones that she doesn't want.
So far that has been working out fine for me.
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