How many times should I feed my ants?
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How many times should I feed my ants?
I have a lophomyrmex colony with around thirty workers and,of course,one queen.How many times should I feed them?Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Ants: Tetraponera Nigra queen(Queen Sesame). Ant keeping beginner!
Re: How many times should I feed my ants?
For most species I would generally say a few times a week. Are they slow or fast eaters?
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Re: How many times should I feed my ants?
There are multiple answers. One answer is to have an infinite food suply such as aphids (like me) or feed them something then feed them right after they finish it.
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all my queens died
got a sugar ant colony started
all my queens died
got a sugar ant colony started
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Re: How many times should I feed my ants?
Relatively fast,I think.Is it fast for an ant colony of that size to take 1 day to finish eating a caterpillar about 6 to 7 times their own size?I do not have any cockroaches.While doing some research I found that this specific species of ant is adapted to feed on other ants, so I give them 4 dead ants every 2-4 days.I give them only sugar some feeding times,or only dead ants other feeding times
I also sometimes give them caterpillars.Is this enough?
I also sometimes give them caterpillars.Is this enough?
Ants: Tetraponera Nigra queen(Queen Sesame). Ant keeping beginner!
Re: How many times should I feed my ants?
Id say once every 2-3 days unless they seem to be constantly looking for food then i'd say about once every 1-2 days.
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