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Ants feeding

Started By Mihai274 , Jul 26 2020 1:56 AM

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#1 Offline Mihai274 - Posted July 26 2020 - 1:56 AM

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If a i give to one of my colonies a piece of an apple, i need to change it daily or they can eat it even it is rotten?

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#2 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 26 2020 - 12:33 PM

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They’ll probably eat it all on that one day but if it does maybe take it out.

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#3 Offline Spazmops - Posted July 26 2020 - 3:12 PM

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If a i give to one of my colonies a piece of an apple, i need to change it daily or they can eat it even it is rotten?

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This is a good question, however it should probably be under ‘general antkeeping’. The general anting forum is for the capture/sighting of queen ants.

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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

#4 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 26 2020 - 3:14 PM

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You could just leave it in there until it starts to mold. They'll eat off of it until then, unless they're full. In that case, you should just remove it immediately.

"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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