Prenolepis imparis

[idahoantgirl]

Don't feed them insects from outside. Most of the time they are coated in pesticides. Go to a pet shop and get a box of crickets of mealworms. I recommend freezing them to kill them. Then cut one up in a couple pieces and place it in the outworld. Don't worry if you think they haven't gone outside. They probably have. Even in they haven't they are created to know how to survive and forage, so when they need food, they will go out and find it.

[nerdythang]

Don't feed them insects from outside. Most of the time they are coated in pesticides. Go to a pet shop and get a box of crickets of mealworms. I recommend freezing them to kill them. Then cut one up in a couple pieces and place it in the outworld. Don't worry if you think they haven't gone outside. They probably have. Even in they haven't they are created to know how to survive and forage, so when they need food, they will go out and find it.

Thanks idahoantgirl!

Next dumb question: how the heck should I get them out of the test tube and into the new mini formicarium? The test tube is too big for the outworld...

[idahoantgirl]

Don't feed them insects from outside. Most of the time they are coated in pesticides. Go to a pet shop and get a box of crickets of mealworms. I recommend freezing them to kill them. Then cut one up in a couple pieces and place it in the outworld. Don't worry if you think they haven't gone outside. They probably have. Even in they haven't they are created to know how to survive and forage, so when they need food, they will go out and find it.

Thanks idahoantgirl!

Next dumb question: how the heck should I get them out of the test tube and into the new mini formicarium? The test tube is too big for the outworld...

Pics? I need to see what a "mini formicarium" is.

[Jadeninja9]

I just feed my ants 1 whole mealworm a day and a drop of honey a day. For the mealworms, I don't freeze them. I bought a container of mealworms from PetSmart and put it in a wine cooler set to 45 F which slows down their growth so they don't turn into beetles. I take a small knife, put the knife at the mealworm's "neck", and crush the head with the flat part of the knife. I cut off the head and cut the mealworm's body in half. I feed them all of the parts. You can freeze them, but I don't know how my ants would respond to that. Btw they have 10 workers and are in a test tube.

[nerdythang]

Now the workers seem "sluggish"....could this be from the street of me trying to introduce them to an outworld? Hunger? I put a drop of honey in the test tube, but I really don't like doing that as I'm afraid the young workers will get stuck in it.