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How to give termites to ants

Started By Antcatcherpro3 , May 3 2021 1:00 PM

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#1 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 3 2021 - 1:00 PM

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I caught a lot of termites yesterday (in fact I found some alates with the workers), but I didn't know wether to boil, freeze, or do something else if I were to feed them to my ants. What should I do?

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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 3 2021 - 1:10 PM

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I usually just freeze them first. Being so delicate, I don’t know how they’d hold up to boiling.

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#3 Offline UtahAnts - Posted May 3 2021 - 1:23 PM

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When you freeze termites they shrivel up, and when you put them in water they go back to normal shape and size. I like to boil them right before feeding to defrost them and kill any mites still living on the termites.

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#4 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 3 2021 - 4:05 PM

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So I should freeze them and then boil them before I feed them?

#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 3 2021 - 4:30 PM

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That would work.

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#6 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 3 2021 - 4:40 PM

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#7 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 13 2021 - 8:43 PM

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I just take termites out of my termite colony. I feed them to my ants live but only because I raised them. Then again it's occasional

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#8 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 14 2021 - 8:08 AM

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I don't have a termite colony tho, and I'm not getting one. It was a failure anyway. I ended up melting the container they were in after trying to freeze them and warm the back up again:( Idk if I will try that again or not.