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- Tue Jun 07, 2022 10:46 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: The Bottle Colony
- Replies: 36
- Views: 12732
Re: The Bottle Colony
- Fri Jun 03, 2022 5:51 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: What do ants eat?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 918
Re: What do ants eat?
Ants eat many things. If you have a queen who just raised her first workers you would want to feed them honey, sugar water, or protein jelly. After a few weeks you would want to feed them other insects along with the honey or similar food. Good insects would be roaches,mealworms,or crickets. In gene...
- Fri Jun 03, 2022 5:45 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: When do ants fly?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1348
Re: When do ants fly?
I'm not sure about where you are specifically but in general ants do fly after rainfall and in the warmer months (for my area it would be spring and summer) Hope this helps!
- Fri Jun 03, 2022 5:41 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: The Bottle Colony
- Replies: 36
- Views: 12732
Re: The Bottle Colony
Hi everyone! I haven't been on here for a while but I just wanted to say that the bottle colony are just fine! They have officially made it to the other sides of the yard. They are a native species to my area and enjoy living outside. Wherever there is wood is where I will see them. I'm happy to see...
- Fri Oct 15, 2021 10:40 pm
- Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
- Topic: How many times should I feed my ants?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1655
Re: How many times should I feed my ants?
Id say once every 2-3 days unless they seem to be constantly looking for food then i'd say about once every 1-2 days.
- Fri Oct 15, 2021 9:57 pm
- Forum: Temporary Placeholder
- Topic: Carpenter ant colony stopped growing
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2889
Re: Carpenter ant colony stopped growing
Sounds like hibernation to me. Is there perhaps anything else you think could have caused this?
- Fri Oct 15, 2021 9:56 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Should I make more ant keeping guides on specific species?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1548
Re: Should I make more ant keeping guides on specific species?
Formica or tetramotium mabye? Mikey already made a video about Tetramorium (but not the other species of Tetramorium that are semi-claustral which I already made) and I might need a lot of research for Formica due to it's diversity of species and some need certain requirements to found successfully...
- Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:50 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Should I make more ant keeping guides on specific species?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1548
Re: Should I make more ant keeping guides on specific species?
Formica or tetramotium mabye?
- Wed Oct 13, 2021 5:49 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: The Bottle Colony
- Replies: 36
- Views: 12732
Re: The Bottle Colony
Update: Bottle colony rediscovered! There doing great and are in the hundreds now.
- Wed Oct 13, 2021 5:47 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Rediscovered my ant colony
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1191
Re: Rediscovered my ant colony
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