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UneXisted: Raise colony Harpegnathos venator from queen, how hard is it (18. Jan 2010 12:36)

I can get queens of H. venator, but how hard is it to actually raise a colony of this species?

JimmyVe: Re: Raise colony Harpegnathos venator from queen, how hard is it (18. Jan 2010 21:23)

Don't have experience with this species myself. They are exotic so i think if you have any experience with exotic ants that you can try these ones to. Sure do let us know.

baumarkthammer: Re: Raise colony Harpegnathos venator from queen, how hard is it (18. Jan 2010 22:17)

It is pretty hatd, because you nearly have to froce them to raise brood at the beginning. You have to hold them in a little box and feed lots of fies and even then they often kill their brood i heared. But they aren´t nearly as hard as the raising of an Gigantiops destructor queen, when you compare it to them it is an walk in the park! I still think it is a hard species to raise.
Harpegnathos as far as i know found their colonies semiclaustral mostly.
Btw it is the same with Harpegnathos saltaror and the other Harpegnathos species. Many Ponerine´s are hard to raise.