Odontomachus cf rixosus

These ants are able to catapult themselfs up to 40 cm far thru sudden lock up of their mandibles. This mandible lock up is the fastest known mechanism in the fauna. The upper jaw closes with a speed of 38 to 64 m/s. Thru locking up their jaws they are anesthetizing their prey to afterwards sting it to death. It is improper for a corporate tank/formicarium because they will attack any other species at first encounter.

• Taxonomy: Subfamily Ponerinae, Tribe Ponerini
• Distribution: South-East Asia, Southern America
• Color: brown
• Size: 12 mm
• Hibernation: No
• Nutrition: Sugar water and insects
• Temperature: 24 - 28 °C
• Nest building: Soil nests and rotten wood
• Keeping level: easy
• Dangers: can sting

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Odontomachus sp."black"

These ants are able to catapult themselfs up to 40 cm far thru sudden lock up of their mandibles. This mandible lock up is the fastest known mechanism in the fauna. The upper jaw closes with a speed of 38 to 64 m/s. Thru locking up their jaws they are anesthetizing their prey to afterwards sting it to death. It is improper for a corporate tank/formicarium because they will attack any other species at first encounter.

• Taxonomy: Subfamily Ponerinae, Tribe Ponerini
• Distribution: South Asia
• Color: black
• Size: 8 - 12 mm
• Hibernation: No
• Nutrition: Sugar water and insects
• Temperature: 24 - 28 °C
• Nest building: Soil nests and rotten wood
• Keeping level: easy
• Dangers: can sting

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Odontoponera transversa

• Taxonomy: Subfamily Ponerinae, Tribe Ponerini
• Distribution: South-East Asia
• Color: black
• Size: approx. 11 - 14 mm
• Hibernation: No
• Nest building: Soil nests
• Nutrition: Honey-/Sugarwater, insects, likes ripe fruits
• Soil Condition: loam
• Planting: Small tropical plants

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Oecophylla smaragdina

These specie lives in trees like ficus, therein they build their nests. For greater colonies it is better to offer them more trees. They waeve at team work leaves which be use as homebase or louse-cultivation room. Never Nestling in the soil. Use own brood (larvae) to weave

• Origin:Southeast Asia
• Taxonomy: Subfamily Formicinae, Tribe Oecophyllini
• Characteristics: minors and majors
• Hibernation: No
• Appearence of the queen: great, vigorous, often green, brown
• Appearance of the workers: brown, slim with long extremities
• Nest bulding: weaved nests between leaves of trees
• Nutrition: honeywater, insects
• Temperature: 22 - 28°C
• Air humidity: 60 - 80 % (tropical rainforest)
• Soil conditions: only necessary for planting, nesting between leaves
• Planting: ficus
• Level: Medium

Hint: Large Oecophylla smaragdina colonies have many branch nests (polydom) but only one main nest with a mated Queen. Because we don't want to cheat our customers we will only sell opened (verified) nests with guaranteed mated Queens which were usually kept by us several months before we sell. Unopened nests can contain parasites or vermins (Mites, cockroaches, etc.). So called low-cost colonies without Queen are wasted money because you don't take pleasure in very long.

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