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[camponotuskeeper]

 

I am planning on  getting some of these would they make good food for my ants? I will be keeping a breeding population.

Edited by camponotuskeeper, October 8 2019 - 9:25 AM.

[Martialis]

Why would you do that?’
And isn’t it illegal to transport these interstate? How’d you even get them in Washington?

[camponotuskeeper]

friend who lives in Washington has them. He is giving me only females which will produce only females, so maybe breeding population was not clear. I need insects that i can keep for ant food, they would reproduce then i would kill and freeze them to save for my ants.

Edited by camponotuskeeper, October 8 2019 - 9:42 AM.

[ANTdrew]

That seems kind of majestic of a creature to use for that, in my opinion. Plus, there are far easier things to culture like flightless fruit flies. I'm also an advocate of finding wild insects as long as it's in a place that is free from pesticides and you freeze them first before feeding.

[camponotuskeeper]

what wild insects would you recommend i was going to use these because they where free and the guy said they would over populate in about a year and i will continually need to kill them

Edited by camponotuskeeper, October 8 2019 - 10:21 AM.

[ANTdrew]

Crickets are very easy to find. Beetles, wood roaches, termites, spiders, and earwigs are all readily taken by my ants.

[camponotuskeeper]

thanks but i will probably still use these because what else should i do with them when they overpopulate? 

[Wa.Va]

thanks but i will probably still use these because what else should i do with them when they overpopulate?

I think that's smart. They will definitely over populate, so to solve overcrowding i think giving the old ones to the ants is a good idea. What else.. Everyone who had these know the 3 options; killing, free or giving it away to way too much people.

[camponotuskeeper]

Are these allowed to transport interstate anyone know that?

[Zeiss]

Are these allowed to transport interstate anyone know that?

As far as I am aware, it is illegal to possess these in the United States in general without proper permits as they are an exotic species (from Australia).  

[camponotuskeeper]

Ok, then I might not get these