Older fruit flies
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Older fruit flies
So i've just started antkeeping and i see alot of people saying i should give my ants (lasius niger) fruitflies. I fed them 1 day 1 i got the ants and 2 days have passed. Now all fruitflies in the testtube are dead and i dont know if I can still give them to my ants as i see many topics talking about bacteria and stuff.
Basicly my question is: can i still feed my ants the fruitflies or do i have to buy new ones every 2 days :p
Basicly my question is: can i still feed my ants the fruitflies or do i have to buy new ones every 2 days :p
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Re: Older fruit flies
Fruit fly cultures should last a month or more. I don't know how yours died.
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Re: Older fruit flies
Did you put the fruit flies in direct sunlight or something? They shouldn’t have died that fast.
-Colo3000
Re: Older fruit flies
I've placed them next to my ant colony in a dark place so idk what happend but i cant feed my ants with them right?
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Re: Older fruit flies
Did you get the flies delivered. If you did how long were they in transport and how were their transport conditions like.
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Re: Older fruit flies
To be safe I would say don’t feed them to your ants, because they died so quickly that they could’ve been exposed to something.
-Colo3000
Re: Older fruit flies
The deliver days were 2 if im not mistaken
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