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UneXisted: Harpegnathos venator (29. Jan 2010 00:04)

Harpegnathos venator colony with 19 workers at the moment. I am not sure if i can feed them fruitflies or mealworm. I guess i will try it out. I will buy some small crickets this week.

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A movie on youtube .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJre203SOVQ

Creature: Re: Harpegnathos venator (29. Jan 2010 06:00)

Yes you should just try out , if they dont like it , they wont take it. Is this your whole setup? they need a nest area. This way in a Glasbox they will freak out after a short time.

UneXisted: Re: Harpegnathos venator (29. Jan 2010 08:00)

I keep them in a testtube. This testtube is placed in the basin. Ive wrapped the testtube in aluminum foil. Yesterday i gave them a fruit fly and i cannot find it anymore.

baumarkthammer: Re: Harpegnathos venator (29. Jan 2010 13:23)

You should try t with bigger flies. They really eat a lot.
You can take a fly and hold it in front of them, they will take it and than you see if they eat or not.
My Harpegnathos saltator ate about 15 flies the first day and they can eat much more!
Those ants are perfect killers.

UneXisted: Re: Harpegnathos venator (29. Jan 2010 16:12)

Like
http://preparednesspro.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/sanitation-flies.jpg

baumarkthammer: Re: Harpegnathos venator (29. Jan 2010 20:02)

Yes and much of them. When they never are hungry they will grow rapidly. They can use many proteines and can raise much brood if you hold them right.

Messorus: Re: Harpegnathos venator (30. Jan 2010 21:37)

Yes and much of them. When they never are hungry they will grow rapidly. They can use many proteines and can raise much brood if you hold them right.

Like with all Ponerinae species :wink:

UneXisted: Re: Harpegnathos venator (30. Jan 2010 23:36)

New movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGNBt2WApi0

JimmyVe: Re: Harpegnathos venator (2. Feb 2010 22:53)

Very nice UneXisted. Good luck with them.

UneXisted: Re: Harpegnathos venator (7. Feb 2010 17:38)

Do i also have to give them liquids? Water, sugarwater, honeywater?

At the moment i only give them crickets. I think they drink water from the cotton in the testtube.


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