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Where do you guys get your red hummingbird nectar?

Started By TechAnt , Jul 6 2020 4:00 PM

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#1 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 6 2020 - 4:00 PM

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As soon I’m getting honeypots, I know red hummingbird nectar is fed to them a lot, and I want to test it with them (and to other ants as well), but I wanted to ask where you get it. As I have no idea where to find hummingbird nectar or buy it. Can anybody help?
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#2 Offline gcsnelling - Posted July 6 2020 - 4:20 PM

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You may have to make your own, the red coloring is considered to be unsafe.


#3 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 6 2020 - 4:21 PM

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Just dye some sugar water with red food coloring.


"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

 

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Tetramorium immigrans

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

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#4 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 6 2020 - 7:08 PM

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Oh well, ok then.
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#5 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted July 7 2020 - 1:21 PM

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https://www.amazon.c...ding=UTF8&psc=1


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誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

cocdeshijie’s Formicarium Guides: https://cocdeshijie....cfe2df393b517f7

Ants API: https://ants-api.qwq.xyz/

#6 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 7 2020 - 1:33 PM

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Thank you! But has anybody bought this and found it safe for ants?


Edited by TechAnt, July 7 2020 - 1:34 PM.

My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#7 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted July 7 2020 - 2:59 PM

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Thank you! But has anybody bought this and found it safe for ants?

I've used it for 2 months now....so safe for me


誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

cocdeshijie’s Formicarium Guides: https://cocdeshijie....cfe2df393b517f7

Ants API: https://ants-api.qwq.xyz/

#8 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 7 2020 - 3:19 PM

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Thank you! But has anybody bought this and found it safe for ants?

I've used it for 2 months now....so safe for me
Thanks!
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen
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