How many times should I feed my ants?

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Tritonspaceants
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How many times should I feed my ants?

Post: # 83927Post Tritonspaceants
Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:36 am

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!

Antmanboy
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Re: How many times should I feed my ants?

Post: # 83940Post Antmanboy
Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:58 am

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?

Post: # 83966Post AntsAntsAnts
Wed Oct 13, 2021 5:44 am

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 :)

Tritonspaceants
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Re: How many times should I feed my ants?

Post: # 84063Post Tritonspaceants
Fri Oct 15, 2021 10:01 pm

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?
Ants: Tetraponera Nigra queen(Queen Sesame). Ant keeping beginner!

Antmanboy
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Re: How many times should I feed my ants?

Post: # 84064Post Antmanboy
Fri Oct 15, 2021 10:40 pm

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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