Odontomachus erythrocephalus (trap-jaw)
| Latin Name: |  |
Odontomachus erythrocephalus |
| Trivialname: |  |
Trapjaw ants |
| Taxonomy: |  |
Subfamily: Ponerinae Tribe: Ponerini |
| Keeping Level: |  |
(2) show higher requirements to climate and escapeprevention |
| Distribution: |  |
Costa Rica to West- Ecuador |
| Habitat: |  |
lowland rainforest |
| Colonyform: |  |
monogyne |
| Queen: |  |
Size: 12 mm Colour: head red, body black, leg yellow |
| Worker: |  |
Size: 10 - 11mm Colour: head red, body black, leg yellow |
| Soldier: |  |
not present |
| Males: |  |
Size: - Colour: - |
| Nutrition |  |
living insects like fruit flies,spring tails, mealworm and sugar-, or honey water |
| Airhumidity: |  |
Arena: 50 - 70% Nestpart: 50 - 70% |
| Temperature: |  |
Arena: 21 - 30°C Nestpart: 24 - 28°C |
| Hibernation: |  |
no |
| Nestform: |  |
nest in dead and rotten wood |
| Kind of Formicaria: |  |
Farm, Farmbasin, Basin, Framebasin, Island, Acrylcylinder, Ytong/Plasternest |
| Formicaria size: |  |
Size: M - XL |
| Substrate: |  |
Farm: cork, softwood Arena: Sand, Sand-Loam |
| Planting: |  |
similar to tropical rainforest with different epiphyts and an extensive leaf litter |
| Decoration: |  |
Branches, Roots, leaves |
| Description: |  |
This is small Odontomachus from Southamerica. They are specalised on carrion and with other antsspecies like Ectatomma ruidum important for reducing carrion on Forestground. They use their mandibles as a trap for small insects thats while they they recieved the name trapjaw ants. Thats one of the fastest movements in the animalkingdom. |
| Development: |  |
matingflight: founding: semiclaustral (with feeding) colonysize: up to 200 Individuals |
| Quantity: |  |
one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); brood (depending on the season and development) |
| Weblinks: |  |
- Forum - Reference |
