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Does anyone feed Bean Beetles to ants?

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#1 Offline DinoH - Posted July 6 2023 - 9:15 AM

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I found a guy on YouTube who feeds bean beetles to his dart frogs and after some search I found out they are a very easy feeder to take care of. But I have never heard of an ant keeper feeding them to ants.

 

Has anyone tried feeding bean beetles to their ants? Do they like it?

 

Here is a website that sells them and explains how to care for them:

https://new.joshsfro...e-and-culture-2

 

Their care consists in a small container like fruit flies, a bean substrate, and an empty toilet paper roll or something else to climb on. No water or moisture can be there else it will grow mold.



#2 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted July 6 2023 - 9:18 AM

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Ants are generalists they will eat mostly anything so yeah
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#3 Offline Ant-nig321 - Posted July 8 2023 - 12:12 AM

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I feed their larvae to my ants and they relish it

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#4 Offline DinoH - Posted July 9 2023 - 2:17 PM

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I feed their larvae to my ants and they relish it
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How do you get the larvae out of the beans so the ants can eat them.





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