 Luckily for captive breeding, the ants eating the edible outer layer is not crucial to development, so they will hatch just as healthy without the need for any removal of the outer layer, which is not easily visible.Newly hatched "E. tiaratum" nymphs are ant mimics and resemble the insects in whose nest they are born.Their aposematic pattern—orange head, white collar, the rest black—mimics the ant genus "Leptomyrmex" and makes them appear toxic.