Mealworms or Dubia Roaches

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Joshua09
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Mealworms or Dubia Roaches

Post: # 92814Post Joshua09
Fri May 27, 2022 11:51 pm

Hello, I wanna know which one is better Dubia Roach or Mealworms?

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Re: Mealworms or Dubia Roaches

Post: # 92815Post Joshua09
Sat May 28, 2022 12:18 am

And which feeder insect that needs a lot of food? Mealworms or Dubia Roaches?

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Re: Mealworms or Dubia Roaches

Post: # 92827Post SolenopsisKeeper
Sat May 28, 2022 9:50 am

Joshua09 wrote:
Sat May 28, 2022 12:18 am
And which feeder insect that needs a lot of food? Mealworms or Dubia Roaches?
Mealworms stay in the fridge, and you take them out every few weeks for feeding

I am not sure on roaches, but I know not all ants like mealworms. Crickets are more widely liked by ants(In my experience in Southern USA ants), as not one of my ant colonies denies crickets(Unless they are too big).

Another great option is flightless fruit flies. Almost all ant species like these, and they don’t require feeding! They also survive on their own, breeding, for months! I use these also, as you don’t have to kill them. I feed mine live, as it won’t harm the ants. I also have less sympathy for flies…
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AntsAreCool715
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Re: Mealworms or Dubia Roaches

Post: # 93765Post AntsAreCool715
Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:12 am

I use mealworms since I'm scared to death by roaches. But the mealworms are dead, the ants eat them. Are dead or live mealworms good for ants?
I have found more queens!
-Polyrhachis laevissima (left only queen)
-Pheidole parva (TOO MUCH)
-Iridomyrmex Anceps
-Polyrhachis dives
Hope to catch camponotus soon...

Joshua09
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Re: Mealworms or Dubia Roaches

Post: # 93855Post Joshua09
Wed Jun 22, 2022 5:41 pm

AntsAreCool715 wrote:
Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:12 am
I use mealworms since I'm scared to death by roaches. But the mealworms are dead, the ants eat them. Are dead or live mealworms good for ants?
Depending on the size of your colony. For the founding colony, use pre-crushed mealworm; for the big colony, it depends on you to choose which one, live or killed.

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Re: Mealworms or Dubia Roaches

Post: # 93859Post SolenopsisKeeper
Wed Jun 22, 2022 7:40 pm

Joshua09 wrote:
Wed Jun 22, 2022 5:41 pm
AntsAreCool715 wrote:
Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:12 am
I use mealworms since I'm scared to death by roaches. But the mealworms are dead, the ants eat them. Are dead or live mealworms good for ants?
Depending on the size of your colony. For the founding colony, use pre-crushed mealworm; for the big colony, it depends on you to choose which one, live or killed.
Live mealworms hurt the workers, even in large Odontomachus colonies. I have tried. Usually, the ants don’t kill the prey and it escapes into the substrate.
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AntsAreCool715
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Re: Mealworms or Dubia Roaches

Post: # 94302Post AntsAreCool715
Wed Jul 06, 2022 5:44 am

Ok thanks for the Reply!
I have found more queens!
-Polyrhachis laevissima (left only queen)
-Pheidole parva (TOO MUCH)
-Iridomyrmex Anceps
-Polyrhachis dives
Hope to catch camponotus soon...

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