Messors and sugar,sweet etc.
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Messors and sugar,sweet etc.
My messors don't seem to like so much sugar water. I have tried many types of sweets and sweet liquid and they don't seem to to consume much. Sometimes they will take sugar water. Do they asways need it?
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Re: Messors and sugar,sweet etc.
Harvester ants do not need sugars, they can perfectly acquire all needed sugars from the "bread" of the seeds they eat. Feeding them sweets can actually harm them.
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Re: Messors and sugar,sweet etc.
It's the same sort of thing like when you chew on bread for a long time it becomes sweet.
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Re: Messors and sugar,sweet etc.
All great info!!!
Keeper of:
* Messor Barbarus
* 1 Crematogaster Scutellaris queen 1 worker.
* Messor Barbarus
* 1 Crematogaster Scutellaris queen 1 worker.
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