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Pabloof7
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Question for idahoantgirl

Post: # 48387Post Pabloof7
Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:49 pm

You said in several posts to buy live feeders and the freeze them. In that way taking one whenever my ants need protein. My question is:
How long can be the crickets in the freezer until they spoil or get bad for ants?
Keeping:
x1 Tapinoma erraticum
x2 Lasius niger

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x7 Camponotus
x1 Unknown

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Tetramorium sp

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Ltislander
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Re: Question for idahoantgirl

Post: # 48403Post Ltislander
Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:33 pm

Pabloof7 wrote:
Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:49 pm
You said in several posts to buy live feeders and the freeze them. In that way taking one whenever my ants need protein. My question is:
How long can be the crickets in the freezer until they spoil or get bad for ants?
Not Idahoantgirl but keep them in there till you run out they don’t lose nutrition or spoil in the freezer

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idahoantgirl
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Re: Question for idahoantgirl

Post: # 48404Post idahoantgirl
Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:01 pm

Agreed :) They could potentially dry out if you don't have them sealed, but other than that they should be good
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.

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Re: Question for idahoantgirl

Post: # 48406Post Ltislander
Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:13 pm

When my insects dry out I add water and the ants love it. My ants don’t eat dried food.

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