Head Detail of Trap Jaw Ant Odontomachus SP, Arthropoda Phylum

Odontomachus is a genus of ants commonly called trap-jaw ants found in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world. Commonly known as trap-jaw ants, species in Odontomachus have a pair of large, straight mandibles capable of opening 180°.. Photo by Piotr Naskrecki. Photo by Piotr Naskrecki. Male ants often look little like their sisters. This is an Odontomachus sp. trap-jaw ant. Cambodia (Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois). Photo by Alex Wild. Male ants are specialized for mating and dispersal and often appear vastly different from their sisters. The little winged insect at center is a male Odontomachus sp. trap.

Trap-Jaw Ant Odontomachus Bauri Color: Reddish-brown - black Worker size: 1/8 - 1/4 inches Colony size: 100,000 - 500,000 Queen: 6 - 8 millimetres, claustral/parasitic, monogyne Introduction Trap-jaw ants are a very unique species of ants that have adapted to their environment in such an interesting way. Trap-jaw ants are 9-11 mm in size. They are usually of a dark or black colour. They nest.. However, associated queens may compete with each other over dominance of resources and reproduction inside the colony. That is the case for queens of the neotropical trap-jaw species Odontomachus chelifer (Latreille, 1802) (Formicidae: Ponerinae), which stand out for their antagonistic behavior against each other (Medeiros et al., 1992).