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Hunting for Aphids, found this. Are these aphid eggs?

Started By Oddyseous , Jul 27 2019 1:31 PM
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#1 Offline Oddyseous - Posted July 27 2019 - 1:31 PM

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So I was hunting in my garden for aphids to give to my ants to farm and I found these eggs on a squash plant. Are these aphid eggs?

 

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#2 Offline Oddyseous - Posted July 27 2019 - 1:37 PM

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Looks like these might actually be lady bug eggs. Any idea if my ants would eat them? lol


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#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 27 2019 - 4:21 PM

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It will be very challenging to bring viable aphids inside for your ants to farm. A much easier route is to get a byFormica liquid feeder and some nectar. The ants will appreciate the higher sugar content of the nectar.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#4 Offline Guest_CrematogasterMan123_* - Posted August 18 2019 - 4:32 PM

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It will be very challenging to bring viable aphids inside for your ants to farm. A much easier route is to get a byFormica liquid feeder and some nectar. The ants will appreciate the higher sugar content of the nectar.

I don't think the question was how about how challenging it is to farm aphids. The dude just wanted to know what kind of eggs they were.


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#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 19 2019 - 2:22 PM

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Point taken. He mentioned trying to hunt aphids for his ants to farm in captivity, which didn’t sound very practical.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#6 Offline gcsnelling - Posted August 19 2019 - 3:42 PM

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Squash bug eggs


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