Odontomachus hastatus

Odontomachus hastatus · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Formicidae

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Odontomachus hastatus
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Odontomachus hastatus has a trap-like jaw that it uses to catch and kill prey. It lives in the rainforests of Central and South America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The species is easily recognised by its trap-like jaw used for catching prey.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Its habitat is the rainforest environment of Central and South America.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

It feeds by using its trap-like jaw to capture and kill prey.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Odontomachus hastatus photo 3
Photo: unknown, CC0
Odontomachus hastatus photo 4
Photo: Diogo Luiz, CC BY

Same family (Formicidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontomachus_hastatus

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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