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A worker stays still and quickly shakes her gaster, then jumps onto the prey, clamps it with her mandibles, curls her gaster under it and stings it for about ten seconds to paralyze it before carrying it home. Keepers report jumps of up to about 10 cm, and the ants also leap away when startled, so keep the lid closed while feeding.",{"question":234,"answer":235},"Can Harpegnathos venator workers lay eggs?","Some can, but much less than in the Indian jumping ant. In Harpegnathos saltator, each colony has a single queen, and mated workers called gamergates take over egg laying when she is lost. In a study of H. venator nests in northern Thailand, mated workers laid eggs in only a few colonies that still had a queen, and colonies run only by mated workers were rare. 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