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Formica attempt to drink honey

Started By CheetoLord02 , Apr 9 2020 9:59 PM

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#1 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted April 9 2020 - 9:59 PM

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Slurp

Full send or no send, amirite?

Formica are stupid

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#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 10 2020 - 5:15 AM

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Formica I’ve had never had any problems with honey..........

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Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#3 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted April 10 2020 - 3:27 PM

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Actually, with all of the ants i have kept, tetramorium are the worst.

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#4 Offline Temperateants - Posted April 11 2020 - 4:43 AM

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Tetramorium love getting stuck, at this point I don't even try to feed them honey. I just feed them 100% protein and the colony is thriving! Almost all of the obsolete nanitics are dead and replaced with giant, muscular workers twice their size. For my fomica, I do feed them honey, but only occasionally. There's usually one replete like worker who stores the honey, so I don't need to feed them honey everyday. My crematogasters occasionally get honey, but I give them tiny droplets.

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