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Can I feed ants to ants?


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#1 Offline Hightlyze - Posted September 4 2019 - 12:17 AM

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I found an ant eating a smaller ant (I think it was an ant) the ant just took the tiny ant using their mouth and probably chewed the small ant.

I used the ants to destroy the ants

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#2 Offline MrPurpleB - Posted September 4 2019 - 12:41 AM

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I guess you can feed ants to your ants, but I don't think that worker ants are very nutritional compared to crickets and mealworms. Feeding only ants wouldn't be optimal or provide a healthy supply of nutrition.

#3 Offline rbarreto - Posted September 4 2019 - 3:23 AM

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I feed queens and larvae to my ants all the time. Not workers though.

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#4 Offline Canadian anter - Posted September 4 2019 - 4:00 AM

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My Stigmatomma love drinking the hemolymph of Tetramorium brood. Wouldn't recommend feeding workers though
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#5 Offline Hightlyze - Posted September 4 2019 - 4:14 AM

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Why not?

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#6 Offline Canadian anter - Posted September 4 2019 - 4:36 AM

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They aren't very nutritious, I doubt the ants will be receptive, and if the ant you're feeding is alive then it may well kill your colony.
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#7 Offline Hightlyze - Posted September 4 2019 - 4:37 AM

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Are there any nutritious human food I can feed them? Insects dislike existing

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#8 Offline Hightlyze - Posted September 4 2019 - 4:44 AM

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#9 Offline MrPurpleB - Posted September 4 2019 - 10:19 AM

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I tend to find my ants a small slice of ham or chicken. Very small.
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#10 Offline FormiCanada - Posted September 4 2019 - 10:29 AM

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During the times of nuptial flights I often find dead or dying male alates along with queens. They're a great boost of protein, energy and vitamins to a growing colony's larvae. Whenever a queen dies, I recycle it in one of my other colonies. For example, there are times where Lasius nearcticus and Lasius neoniger queens are internally parasitized by a tachinid fly larva and both larva/queen are excellent source of food. I usually boost other queens of the same genus with the orphaned brood. I have a soft spot for the helpless brood.   :)


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