8/25/08
Finally! 
I've always had many colonies of Odontomachus in my back yard.
At times I'd find very many queens and males of this species,
but I could never find a mated queen...until now 
I noticed Odontomachus love wet an warm places, such as rotten wood. So about 5 months ago I placed a small rotten log out in some bushes, hoping to attract a small colony seeking a new home, and it worked
I had captured the colony with 20 workers, 10 coccoons, a few larvae, and of course, the queen.
They now live happily inside a plaster nest where the queen has laid several new eggs. I always find it fun to place a cricket into the plaster tunnels, wait, and then hear a series of small but suprisingly loud clicks coming from the closing jaws of Odontomachus.
8/31/08
I had to move these guys out of their plaster nest for my fire ants who are growing rapidly. They now live inside a small container full of moist soil, they seem to like it and have made a few tunnels next to the walls so I can see em. I can also see 2 batches of eggs now so the queen must be happy.
9/10/08
Still doing great.
Even thouh they only have maybe one or two larvae.,
they need a cricket every day, but it isn't the workers catching the food. It's actually the queen.
This is normal, as queens of Odontomachus catch their own food reguarly. The 2 batches of eggs should hatch in a week or two.
9/17/08
They are not taking any more crickets, as the 2 larvae have already cocooned. The eggs are getting bigger and are starting to turn round. A sign that they should hatch very soon. And once they do, I can't imagine how much food they'll need.
As before they needed a cricket a day just to feed 2 larvae.
help