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[FinWins]

Right now I have two M. mexicanus queens and I want to know what I should feed the repletes once they arrive to turn them different colors. I just thought I would post this question so that I didn’t poison my ants trying to change them a certain color. Thanks

[AntPhycho]

M. mexicanus may be fed colored sugar water (via food coloring) in order to achieve different color repletes

[ZTYguy]

Agreed. I use basic food dyes and have had great success with turning my repletes blue, green, yellow, orange, and red! Fun fact I did that I did all that to just one colony.

Edited by ZTYguy, September 5 2022 - 2:36 PM.

[FinWins]

M. mexicanus may be fed colored sugar water (via food coloring) in order to achieve different color repletes

 

Agreed. I use basic food dyes and have had great success with turning my repletes blue, green, yellow, orange, and red! Fun fact I did that I did all that to just one colony.

Thanks!

[lazyant]

There is some Hummingbird Nectar with red dye here's the link:

https://www.chewy.co...xoCAB8QAvD_BwE 

Edited by lazyant, September 5 2022 - 8:09 PM.