Ants haven't been foraging!!!!
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Ants haven't been foraging!!!!
My ants haven't been foraging recently. Whatever food I leave in the outworld becomes untouched. As a result, the colony started dying because of their lack of food. Colony had about 10 workers. Out world is about a 1 x 1 Inches glass box connected to their test tube. Help please
Currently housing Solenopsis Molesta and Brachymyrmex patagonicus.
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Re: Ants haven't been foraging!!!!
Hello there. First of all, what ants are you keeping? Second what are you feeding/offering them?
Doing some proper research is the best way to start an antcolony.
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Currently not keeping any ants anymore.
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Re: Ants haven't been foraging!!!!
Pics of your setup would also be useful.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: Ants haven't been foraging!!!!
They were pheidole ants and the tubing seen was connected directly to the test tubes which founded them.
The white stuff seen on the lid is the baby powder alcohol mix that prevents them from climbing out of the tiny hole that provides oxygen.
Currently housing Solenopsis Molesta and Brachymyrmex patagonicus.
Re: Ants haven't been foraging!!!!
Pheidole, dead spiders, peanuts, springtails, flies, honeyAntsLuxembourg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:05 amHello there. First of all, what ants are you keeping? Second what are you feeding/offering them?
Currently housing Solenopsis Molesta and Brachymyrmex patagonicus.
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Re: Ants haven't been foraging!!!!
They could have been killed by pesticides of diseases that were carried on the spiders.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: Ants haven't been foraging!!!!
Flies are typically a super No no as far as a good source because they’re nasty and highly likely to carry around some bad stuff, be it disease or mold or anything that lives in feces or garbage.
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Pheidole Sp.
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Re: Ants haven't been foraging!!!!
unless its a fruit fly
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Re: Ants haven't been foraging!!!!
True!
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