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Flightless Fruit Flies

Started By CANant , Mar 19 2020 2:29 PM

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#21 Offline CANant - Posted March 30 2020 - 4:37 PM

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I just bought some culture off of canadian Anter. He owns the Canada-ant-colony.com shop. It's great service, has lots of supplies and ants for us 'ant keeping deprived Canadians' :)
 
The site now has some Tarheel Ants products too. Wooooo!


Yes I’ve already ordered some stuff from him. :) I’ve also order from CS Exotics. Both great!
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#22 Offline zantezaint - Posted March 30 2020 - 5:49 PM

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Use anti-mite paper. Trust me, you don't want to deal with mites. Took me several hours to kill em all after I discarded all my cultures. Try feeding raw shrimp to your ants. My Camponotus sansabeanus enjoys it a lot.


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https://www.formicul...ale-california/

 

4 x Solenopsis xyloni (Fire ant) colonies.

2 x Veromessor andrei (Seed-harvester ant) colonies.

19 x Pogonomyrmex subnitidus (Seed-harvester ant) colonies + 3 x Pogonomyrmex (ID uncertain) colonies

16 x Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) colonies.

1 x Unknown Formicidae colony.

1 x Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant) colony.

1 x Camponotus fragilis (Carpenter/wood ant) colony + 1 x Camponotus sansabeanus (Carpenter/wood ant) colony.

1 x Solenopsis molesta (Thief ant) colony.

#23 Offline CANant - Posted March 30 2020 - 6:28 PM

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Use anti-mite paper. Trust me, you don't want to deal with mites. Took me several hours to kill em all after I discarded all my cultures. Try feeding raw shrimp to your ants. My Camponotus sansabeanus enjoys it a lot.


That’s what I don’t want to deal with... gross and not fun, not to mention a huge waste of money.
Thanks. I doubt I can get the paper on time. Maybe having the container in a pool of water?
Thanks for the shrimp idea I’ll definitely try it!
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Lasius Interjectus (Larger citronella ant) with host workers: L. Americanus

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#24 Offline Canadant - Posted March 31 2020 - 4:55 AM

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Hmmm.... anti mite paper? Where mite (pun intended) I get that?
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#25 Offline zantezaint - Posted April 2 2020 - 11:44 PM

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Compare the price with the shipping and quantity between these two places.

 

https://www.carolina...VBoCOEUQAvD_BwE

 

https://www.ebay.com...WRoCsLgQAvD_BwE

 

Dubia roaches are like pets, they are very friendly, I let em hang on my hands sometimes, but my Camponotus sansabeanus do not seem to like them as food, so be wary of any Camponotus species that may not like roaches.


Edited by zantezaint, April 2 2020 - 11:46 PM.

https://www.formicul...ale-california/

 

4 x Solenopsis xyloni (Fire ant) colonies.

2 x Veromessor andrei (Seed-harvester ant) colonies.

19 x Pogonomyrmex subnitidus (Seed-harvester ant) colonies + 3 x Pogonomyrmex (ID uncertain) colonies

16 x Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) colonies.

1 x Unknown Formicidae colony.

1 x Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant) colony.

1 x Camponotus fragilis (Carpenter/wood ant) colony + 1 x Camponotus sansabeanus (Carpenter/wood ant) colony.

1 x Solenopsis molesta (Thief ant) colony.

#26 Offline CANant - Posted April 4 2020 - 4:41 AM

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Haha ok so my ants love these little fruit flies. The problem is they go everywhere when I open the culture lid and I end up crushing some when I close the lid. I’m tapping the container like crazy before and during to keep them down but it doesn’t help much. What do you do to feed them so they don’t go everywhere? Can I put them in the fridge for a few mins or will that kill them? Literally would be hilarious to be a fly on the wall watching me trying to kill and catch them all.
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Lasius Interjectus (Larger citronella ant) with host workers: L. Americanus

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#27 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 4 2020 - 5:41 AM

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You can even keep them in the fridge full time.
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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#28 Offline Temperateants - Posted April 4 2020 - 6:26 AM

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Use anti-mite paper. Trust me, you don't want to deal with mites. Took me several hours to kill em all after I discarded all my cultures. Try feeding raw shrimp to your ants. My Camponotus sansabeanus enjoys it a lot.

Shrimp, interesting. I know shrimp aren't insects, but do they have similar protein since they are both arthropods, and do shrimp count as feeding "bugs" to your ants?


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#29 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 4 2020 - 6:29 AM

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Ants will oftentimes eat tablescrap meats such as chicken.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

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