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by OGGKING1
Fri Mar 17, 2023 1:00 am
Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
Topic: When to introduce protein to a new colony
Replies: 1
Views: 154

When to introduce protein to a new colony

I have a 10 worker (second generation) colony of iridomyrmex bicknelli. I have been feeding them a diet consisting of honey for the past 2 weeks. I was wondering when I should start feeding them protein?
by OGGKING1
Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:58 am
Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
Topic: trying to find more info on what honey pot ants eat
Replies: 2
Views: 130

Re: trying to find more info on what honey pot ants eat

I’m pretty sure they will eat ant sunburst nectar or honey. I think for proteins they will eat small things like flies or small bug pieces
by OGGKING1
Thu Mar 09, 2023 2:13 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: A few Nanitics died
Replies: 1
Views: 60

A few Nanitics died

Hi guys recently my iridomyrmex sp queen’s pupae became nanitics. Currently there are about 14 workers, but a few of them drowned in the honey I have them (4 to be precise) I was wondering if this will majorly impact the colony since they are very vulnerable at the moment? Also if anyone has any adv...
by OGGKING1
Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:21 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Big red ant worker identification
Replies: 3
Views: 107

Big red ant worker identification

I found a pretty big red worker ant near the beach in Perth Australia. it has really long legs and is dark red in colour It also has decent sized mandibles and about three gaster segments It has pretty small eyes too It looks like it might be a ponerine ant if some kind but I can’t be sure It also l...
by OGGKING1
Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:14 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: What is this... long queen?
Replies: 26
Views: 567

Re: What is this... long queen?

I’ve caught one of these before too not quite sure what species it was
by OGGKING1
Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:10 pm
Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
Topic: Will ant larvae eat ant jelly
Replies: 2
Views: 122

Re: Will ant larvae eat ant jelly

Yes my bullant queen hasn’t touched it either
by OGGKING1
Fri Feb 17, 2023 5:08 am
Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
Topic: Will ant larvae eat ant jelly
Replies: 2
Views: 122

Will ant larvae eat ant jelly

Hi I have a semi claustral ant queen and I was running low on mealworms so I decided to try some ant protein jelly Link here https://www.antpark.com.au/essentials My queen has only one larvae and has been fed only mealworms since I caught it I was wondering if the queen will actually feed the jelly ...
by OGGKING1
Sun Feb 12, 2023 11:12 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Queens eggs haven’t hatched
Replies: 3
Views: 197

Re: Queens eggs haven’t hatched

Yay I checked and I think it has one larvae
by OGGKING1
Sun Feb 12, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Messor queen?
Replies: 8
Views: 325

Re: Messor queen?

This might help
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates#Crematogaster
Or antweb.org
by OGGKING1
Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:13 am
Forum: The GAN Project (Global Ant Nursery)
Topic: Looking for Queen Ant in Ohio
Replies: 3
Views: 1447

Re: Looking for Queen Ant in Ohio

U could look for the massive 10 metre long ants that are exclusive to Ohio :lol: