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What do you feed your ants?

Started By Mdrogun , Jan 19 2017 7:08 PM

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#1 Offline Mdrogun - Posted January 19 2017 - 7:08 PM

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Hi,

I feed my ants a steady diet of fruit flies, honey and the occasional bug I find. I was curious what everyone else feeds their ants?

Thanks,

Mdrogun


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Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Pheidole pilifera

Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi

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Aphaenogaster rudis

Camponotus chromaiodes

Formica sp. (microgena species)

Nylanderia cf. arenivega

#2 Offline Leo - Posted January 19 2017 - 7:12 PM

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whatever leftover scraps i have  :P  or random insects from the wilderness (frozen)


#3 Offline Canadian anter - Posted January 19 2017 - 7:41 PM

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insects i find outside, corpses from other ant colonies :) fruit flies, honey or sugar water


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#4 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted January 19 2017 - 7:59 PM

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Any insect I find outside like crickets,flys,isopods. Also I have made a fruit fly farm and I just put a container over the top of the entrance and hit the bottle then they all fly out and I catch them and freeze them. And for a liquid I give them sugar water.

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-Amblyopone Australis

#5 Offline CrazyLegs - Posted January 19 2017 - 8:01 PM

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Sugar ants, despite their name will eat a termite almost to nothing. 

I like maple syrup if its 100%. so do the ants. :) 


#6 Offline dermy - Posted January 20 2017 - 7:22 AM

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Syrup, mainly for the sugar source. Mealworms and other insects for protein, freshly killed. I might also share a bit of cotton soaked Pepsi or Coke [yes you can like both] I haven't tried Mountain Dew yet, because I don't like sharing.


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#7 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted January 20 2017 - 7:26 AM

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Mainly crickets and honey


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#8 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted January 20 2017 - 8:15 AM

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Raw native honey from wildflowers and mealworms and crickets from my farms.

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#9 Offline 1000101011 - Posted January 20 2017 - 9:58 AM

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Pepsi or Coke [yes you can like both]

Pepsi's great Coke is a sin.


#10 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted January 20 2017 - 11:13 AM

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Pepsi or Coke [yes you can like both]

Pepsi's great Coke is a sin.
Agreed 100%
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