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Study: Will Camponotous Eat Protien Rich Liquids Other Than Ant Juice

Started By Da_NewAntOnTheBlock , Oct 26 2019 5:34 PM
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Poll: Stage 1 Poll- YOU ONLY HAVE UNTIL 7 PM CENTRAL TIME TO COMPLETE IT (8 member(s) have cast votes)

Would you feed your ant colony the liquids provided (they are non-toxic)

  1. Yes (4 votes [50.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 50.00%

  2. No, My colony is in diapause (4 votes [50.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 50.00%

If I were to tell you the liquids in the experiment, would you PM me if you're interested

  1. Yes, tell me! (6 votes [75.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 75.00%

  2. No (1 votes [12.50%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 12.50%

  3. I don't know (1 votes [12.50%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 12.50%

Are you're Camponotus colonies currently in hibernation

  1. Yes (3 votes [37.50%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 37.50%

  2. No (4 votes [50.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 50.00%

  3. They aren't accepting anymore protein ;( (1 votes [12.50%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 12.50%

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#1 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 26 2019 - 5:34 PM

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Thanks for your input in advance!

Edited by Da_NewAntOnTheBlock, October 27 2019 - 11:23 AM.

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#2 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted October 26 2019 - 5:43 PM

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What do you mean by this?


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#3 Offline FSTP - Posted October 27 2019 - 1:26 AM

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ant juice? like juice you've squeezed from an ant? like you squeeze its gaster and the juice that comes out is "ant juice" ?


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#4 Offline drtrmiller - Posted October 27 2019 - 3:19 AM

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You're asking the wrong question. Many ants will eat most anything if there's enough sugar in it.  The question you should be asking isn't "will they," but rather "should they?"

 

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#5 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 27 2019 - 6:09 AM

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ant juice? like juice you've squeezed from an ant? like you squeeze its gaster and the juice that comes out is "ant juice" ?

No, ant juice is a a product from THA that is protein rich for your queen and brood. Also, I set up this poll because I have seen ants eat incredibly protein rich foods with a little bit of sugar. This lead me to wonder if ants would eat the extremely protein rich foods and feed it to their brood and queens. So really, what this experiment is about is feeding them protein rich liquids and seeing if they will accept it without sugar, and if so, see what they will do with it. Which really falls back to what drtmiller said;

You're asking the wrong question. Many ants will eat most anything if there's enough sugar in it.  The question you should be asking isn't "will they," but rather "should they?"
 
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https://www.formicul...0-discontinued/


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#6 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted October 27 2019 - 6:26 AM

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ant juice? like juice you've squeezed from an ant? like you squeeze its gaster and the juice that comes out is "ant juice" ?

No, ant juice is a a product from THA that is protein rich for your queen and brood. Also, I set up this poll because I have seen ants eat incredibly protein rich foods with a little bit of sugar. This lead me to wonder if ants would eat the extremely protein rich foods and feed it to their brood and queens. So really, what this experiment is about is feeding them protein rich liquids and seeing if they will accept it without sugar, and if so, see what they will do with it. Which really falls back to what drtmiller said;

You're asking the wrong question. Many ants will eat most anything if there's enough sugar in it.  The question you should be asking isn't "will they," but rather "should they?"
 
More info:
 
https://www.formicul...0-discontinued/

 

What would you define as a "protein rich liquid"?


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#7 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 27 2019 - 6:31 AM

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Wheatgrass (one of the most protein rich plants known to man, it has ~100 times the nutritional and protein value of lettuce) and any plant that can be juiced and has about the same nutritional and protein values of wheatgrass

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#8 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted October 27 2019 - 6:49 AM

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Also, are you asking of they can live on a diet exclusively on wheatgrass?


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#9 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 27 2019 - 6:53 AM

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Also, are you asking of they can live on a diet exclusively on wheatgrass?

No, what I a, asking is if they will accept it so that maybe one or two weeks a month, you don't have to feed them insects, you could feed them this

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#10 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 27 2019 - 6:56 AM

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My Camponotus think they're from the tropics. Still growing.

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#11 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 27 2019 - 6:57 AM

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Lol, yeah mine not so much
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#12 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 27 2019 - 7:09 AM

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But they do have a lot of brood, which is promising for next year, so I suppose it's best it worked out this way

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#13 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 27 2019 - 7:13 AM

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Yeah mine have a ton of eggs, larvae and pupae.


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#14 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 27 2019 - 7:18 AM

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Nice, I love camponotous, but Amercanus is defiantly one kf my favorites
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#15 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 27 2019 - 7:24 AM

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I really like Myrmentoma Camponotus. I do like Camponotus subgenus Camponotus, but I love how huge the majors are compared to the queen in the Myrmentoma subgenus.


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#16 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 27 2019 - 7:25 AM

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I like the fact you change your profile picture everyday now
And yeah, majors are defiantly awesome
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#17 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 27 2019 - 7:29 AM

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Yeah, I thought that one pic for eternity would be boring lol.


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#18 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 27 2019 - 7:33 AM

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Lol yeah, I am probably going to make a pic of my queen a profile pic because she looks gorgeous
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#19 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 27 2019 - 7:40 AM

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Tomorrow my pic will be my C. americanus queen.


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Nice! Those live by Michigan don't they?

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