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by StormDancer
Fri Aug 18, 2017 7:09 am
Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
Topic: Fruit fly trap question
Replies: 12
Views: 8910

Re: Fruit fly trap question

I used to cultivate feeders like fruit flies for small reptiles. If you use disposable plastic deli cups or something similar, there is no cleaning required. Much less gross ;)
by StormDancer
Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:49 am
Forum: General Ant Talk
Topic: Dead Queen
Replies: 3
Views: 2064

Re: Dead Queen

Some of them will also just die. I've lost roughly 50% of the queens I have caught. Not 50% of each species mind you. It does make sense that there are a lot of factors that will prevent every queen from being successful. Could you imagine if every single fertilized queen actually survived to found ...
by StormDancer
Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:45 am
Forum: General Ant Talk
Topic: can ants have maple syrup
Replies: 18
Views: 15284

Re: can ants have maple syrup

Sugar is sugar but honey is one of the few sugar sources that is also packed with a number of other benefits. It's packed with nutrition if you get the unprocessed raw honey. Refined white sugars are not good for anyone though they taste good :D .
by StormDancer
Thu Aug 17, 2017 12:32 pm
Forum: New Forum Members
Topic: Hello from New Mexico!
Replies: 4
Views: 3126

Re: Hello from New Mexico!

Haha, yes. A fun species to be sure.
by StormDancer
Thu Aug 17, 2017 12:02 pm
Forum: New Forum Members
Topic: Hello from New Mexico!
Replies: 4
Views: 3126

Re: Hello from New Mexico!

We certainly have a huge variety here :D .
by StormDancer
Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:22 am
Forum: New Forum Members
Topic: Hello from New Mexico!
Replies: 4
Views: 3126

Hello from New Mexico!

Hi, my name is Dawn. I'm 26, stay at home with my son, and I'm new to ant keeping. I have over the past few weeks caught a number of queens. I came across ant keeping while researching beetle keeping. Ants and other creepy crawlies have always been a fascination of mine and I am very glad to have co...