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Adding salt to ant diet?

Started By Foogoo , Jun 9 2015 1:12 PM

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#1 Offline Foogoo - Posted June 9 2015 - 1:12 PM

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I don't recall salt ever being mentioned in any honey-water or hummingbird nectar formulations, but looks like it's worth a try?

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#2 Offline drtrmiller - Posted June 9 2015 - 1:44 PM

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Very cool.  Lots of things play into receptivity.  I'll look this over and see if my existing recipes can be improved.




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#3 Offline Foogoo - Posted June 9 2015 - 3:02 PM

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I'm going to try mixing an approximate 0.4M NaCl solution and mixing it 1:9 with my nectar as they did and see how that works out.


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#4 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted June 9 2015 - 9:35 PM

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I am pretty sure it was said in one of MrILoveTheAnts's Ants of the Southwest videos that they were using salt or something with salt as bait.


#5 Offline drtrmiller - Posted June 10 2015 - 12:10 AM

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No. They peed on the ground and speculated the ants were eating their pee because of the salt in it.




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#6 Offline Trailandstreet - Posted June 10 2015 - 12:24 AM

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There is a study about salt in ant food.


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#7 Offline Foogoo - Posted June 10 2015 - 8:27 AM

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There is a study about salt in ant food.

Anyone happen to have the full text? Here's another one on the same subject.

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#8 Offline drtrmiller - Posted June 10 2015 - 9:28 AM

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My university system didn't have access to the publication.  I'd like to read it, too.




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#9 Offline Foogoo - Posted June 10 2015 - 9:39 AM

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BAM

 

that's what friends are forrrrrr

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#10 Offline drtrmiller - Posted June 10 2015 - 11:58 AM

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Thanks.  I'll add all these to my receptivity article page when I get a chance.




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