They have eaten one small insect over the past week and have tons of brood. They haven't eaten all of the nuts I've given them and won't eat sugar water or watered down honey.
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My young Pheidole Pilifera colony won't eat sugar or nuts.
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Ltislander
, Oct 9 2018 4:13 PM
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Posted October 10 2018 - 2:08 PM
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Pheidole are known to be picky eaters.
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Posted October 12 2018 - 3:49 AM
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Most likley because they are full check their gasters on magnifying glass or microscope etc
When Pheidole colonies are young they barely eat anything, and you can feed them on 2 week cycles.
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Posted October 13 2018 - 4:42 PM
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Thanks, they have started eating again because I think they got bored of just eating spiders. So I fed them a cricket and they swarmed it.
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