Good ant protein?
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Good ant protein?
I was wondering what would be a good source of protein for new starting colonies? lets say around 5-8 workers.
Currently housing Solenopsis Molesta and Brachymyrmex patagonicus.
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Re: Good ant protein?
Soft-bodied Drosophila flies would be easy for a young colony.
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.
Re: Good ant protein?
Do I give it to them Alive or dead. Also I tried springtails and I noticed my pheidole would actually hunt them down and consume em. However some springtails would linger around and disturb the queen which stresses her out.TheRealAntMan wrote: ↑Sat Sep 08, 2018 5:19 pmSoft-bodied Drosophila flies would be easy for a young colony.
Currently housing Solenopsis Molesta and Brachymyrmex patagonicus.
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Re: Good ant protein?
Best to feed them pre-killed since they are capable of jumping like a springtail (nowhere near as graceful as a springtail though).
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.
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Re: Good ant protein?
You start feeding the colony as soon as the first worker arrives via the drinking straw method. Only move them into a nest when they have 20-50 workers.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
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Re: Good ant protein?
i found that most ant colonies love fruit flies and you can by flightless fruit flies at most pet stores tetramorium ants like to hunt them and even at as few as 15 workers they swarm them really well but only if they are moving and they are a good source of protein but they will need other sources like crickets meal worms cockroaches super worms also ant gel does NOT have the necessary protein to keep the brood and queen healthy you can use it but also add in other things my ants will not eat anything that has been dried so i hope you find this information helpful.
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Re: Good ant protein?
Tell me about it. I have had trouble pre-killing fruit flies since they jump away from my hand.TheRealAntMan wrote: ↑Sat Sep 08, 2018 9:35 pmBest to feed them pre-killed since they are capable of jumping like a springtail (nowhere near as graceful as a springtail though).
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
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Re: Good ant protein?
Empty a few into a jar and freeze em.AntsDakota wrote: ↑Sat Oct 20, 2018 11:11 amTell me about it. I have had trouble pre-killing fruit flies since they jump away from my hand.TheRealAntMan wrote: ↑Sat Sep 08, 2018 9:35 pmBest to feed them pre-killed since they are capable of jumping like a springtail (nowhere near as graceful as a springtail though).
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
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