Ants now accepting food!

[AntOblivion]

Finally my ants are accepting their food choices. Today they were fed a cricket leg and a house fly

[FarrAnts]

Finally my ants are accepting their food choices. Today they were fed a cricket leg and a house fly

At what stage were the ants not accepting food? Thx.

[AntOblivion]

Finally my ants are accepting their food choices. Today they were fed a cricket leg and a house fly

At what stage were the ants not accepting food? Thx.

My C. Pennsylvanicus colony is about 6 workers strong, and they weren't accepting food for a while the only thing they'd eat was honey but they finally are eating normally

[FarrAnts]

Finally my ants are accepting their food choices. Today they were fed a cricket leg and a house fly

At what stage were the ants not accepting food? Thx.

My C. Pennsylvanicus colony is about 6 workers strong, and they weren't accepting food for a while the only thing they'd eat was honey but they finally are eating normally

Hmm. Did they not have larvae or something? And did you change anything to try and get then to eat? Sorry for all the questions, haha. I'm just wobering for when my colonies get to where yours are at. Thx again.

[AntsOnTheCoast]

Maybe don't feed them house flies. They could have been exposed to some type of bacteria or poison.

[AntOblivion]

At what stage were the ants not accepting food? Thx.

My C. Pennsylvanicus colony is about 6 workers strong, and they weren't accepting food for a while the only thing they'd eat was honey but they finally are eating normally

Hmm. Did they not have larvae or something? And did you change anything to try and get then to eat? Sorry for all the questions, haha. I'm just wobering for when my colonies get to where yours are at. Thx again.

They did have larvae. I was confused but they're eating normal now. Iv'e read they only eat food they know will benefit the colony so i guess they needed the energy idk

[AntOblivion]

Maybe don't feed them house flies. They could have been exposed to some type of bacteria or poison.

I live far from agriculture so it's okay to feed flies that i know don't have pesticides

[AntsOnTheCoast]

Also, i just want to point it out that ants /queen may not accept food in the early days of their colony. The queen usually makes a bit of substance that she feeds the young nanitics.

[Stevedog16]

Hey bud that's great news I was also curious about when exactly my colony of 3 new worker(nanitics) from my campontus Castaneus colony would start feeding on protein foods such as crickets or fruit flies as of now I'm guessing they are still to young only about a week old to do anything just yet they have taken some honey but seem to reject any protein food I'll wait a lil longer being I still have more pupa developing thanks for that info