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Fruit Fly Containers

Started By The530Ski , Jul 8 2022 11:05 AM

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#1 Offline The530Ski - Posted July 8 2022 - 11:05 AM

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Okay I give up, how do you guys feed fruit flies to your colonies? The cultures come in quart size containers and when I try to crack open the lid to sprinkle a few in, I always have escapees...

Any tips or tricks?

#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 8 2022 - 11:14 AM

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Use a funnel to shake a bunch into a test tube. Freeze them for future feedings. Be sure to boil them first, though, because freezing is not enough to kill the grain mites that are in basically every fruit fly culture.
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#3 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted July 8 2022 - 2:19 PM

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I put mine in a cup with fluon outside and then pour them in,


He travels, he seeks the p a r m e s a n.

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