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Proper protein?

Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 10:02 pm
by mallonje
So I have no issues with feeder crickets or the ilk when my colonies get bigger. But for now I'm just dealing with a Parasitic Lasius founding setup with a tiny outworld so I was hoping to take some shortcuts.

I have a ton of alternately avalible pet foods; reptile/ hermit crab pellets, blood worms, fish flake, etc.

Has anyone had success with these alternate proteins?

I ask because I'm testing my fish based reptile pellets with one of my L. Umbratus queens and she keeps getting close and then running off. Almost like the smell hits her or something.

Re: Proper protein?

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 8:38 am
by Batspiderfish
Adult ants need fresh insects full of hemolymph because they cannot ingest solid protein sources (although larvae can.)