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What food does Camponotus Quercicola prefer?

Started By AlexLebedev , Jul 27 2021 12:57 PM

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#1 Offline AlexLebedev - Posted July 27 2021 - 12:57 PM

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What food do they prefer?

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#2 Offline Ecan - Posted July 27 2021 - 12:59 PM

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My Camponotus quercicola go crazy over sugar water and mealworms.

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#3 Offline AlexLebedev - Posted July 27 2021 - 3:56 PM

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My Camponotus quercicola go crazy over sugar water and mealworms.

I only have fruit flies will that work? They only have 3 workers

What i am keeping Brachymyrmex patagonicus 1 worker x5 tetramorium immigrans 10 workers x2 lasius crypticus 5 workers Pheidole californica 6 queens150~ workers 10-30 majors, Formica argentea 10~ W

#4 Offline Ecan - Posted July 27 2021 - 4:06 PM

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My Camponotus quercicola go crazy over sugar water and mealworms.
I only have fruit flies will that work? They only have 3 workers

That should work.

#5 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 27 2021 - 6:00 PM

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My Camponotus quercicola go crazy over sugar water and mealworms.
I only have fruit flies will that work? They only have 3 workers

They need a sugar source too, so unless you have that I don’t think they can survive on fruit flies alone.

#6 Offline AlexLebedev - Posted July 29 2021 - 1:15 PM

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My Camponotus quercicola go crazy over sugar water and mealworms.

I only have fruit flies will that work? They only have 3 workers
They need a sugar source too, so unless you have that I don’t think they can survive on fruit flies alone.

yeah I'm gonna give em sugar water tommorow

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#7 Offline MysticNanitic - Posted July 30 2021 - 7:29 AM

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I second mealworms for C querc, I freeze them and chop them into little half a dozen sections at feeding time. They haul them into the nest and go to town. Mine enjoy crickets and earwigs as but will take them after any mealworms are gone, and fruit flies are accepted but ignored if there are any of the above available.