Just for fun, I have been keeping a culture of springtails bred from around 20 from my yard. Now, I have around 35-40. They eat mold, so I keep them in a small moist container with dirt and fish pellets for mold growth.
Now for my question: can I feed them to ants? A better question would be can I feed captive bred springtails from the internet to ants? Will ants eat them? I'm scared to find out.
Springtails?
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Re: Springtails?
You could test them on a wild colony They should reject them if they are toxic
With all the things ants can do, you wonder, who rules the planet
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Re: Springtails?
I know Ponera enjoy them. They should be okay, especially for small species.MCWren wrote:Just for fun, I have been keeping a culture of springtails bred from around 20 from my yard. Now, I have around 35-40. They eat mold, so I keep them in a small moist container with dirt and fish pellets for mold growth.
Now for my question: can I feed them to ants? A better question would be can I feed captive bred springtails from the internet to ants? Will ants eat them? I'm scared to find out.
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