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[Silq]

 

 

If you want to raise fruit flies get this:

 

- apple vinegar

- lots of sugar

- baking yeast (or brewing yeast, doesn't matter which one)

- (optional: potato stuff, bananas, other fruits)

 

Put everything into a plastic cup, mix it properly with a teaspoon, then put some cotton on top of the mixture (so the fruit flies have a place to sit on) and use a nylon sock to cover the cup (after you've attracted around a dozen fruit flies).

 

 

This recipe is foolproof, doesn't mold, rarely gets mites and the fruit flies love it. It'll take a few weeks to start rolling but within 3-4 weeks you'll start getting a ton of fruit flies.

 

I use a similar recipe I got off the internet to culture my flightless fruit flies. I was wondering what the purpose of the vinegar was. Does it help with mold prevention? 

The recipe I have is bananas, apple sauce, white vinegar, oatmeal. I used this recipe because I had all the products on hand. I know there are many variations to this recipe.

 

fruit flies are also known as vinegar flies. they just like it.

 

That is the first time I ever heard them referenced as that.

[Da_NewAntOnTheBlock]

wow, i suppose there is a first for everything

[NickAnter]

I don't see what is so bad about the smell of vinegar.

[Hightlyze]

Hey long time no see. I only show up 3 times a week (friday, saturday and sunday) so sorry i was gone. Also i would like to say i lost 3 queens this week (2 today).

[Hightlyze]

And I would like to say I can't BUY ANYTHING YOU TELL ME TO BUY BECAUSE I LIVE IN A POOR AREA SO MOST OF THE STUFF YOU TELL ME TO BUY ARE HARD TO FIND

[Hightlyze]

I have a grave for them which is a plastic container filled with water to preserve their body.

[antwall]

You can catch some stuff nearby if you cannot buy anything. Just look around for a decent insect, then put a jar over it. Then proceed to slide some paper under the jar, flip the jar over, put the lid on, put it in the freezer, and done. If you can find queens, you can find colonies. Wild ants need food to survive, so there must be some form of insect nearby that the ants eat. No purchase really needed, if you don’t have a jar, use a container. I was able to catch lots of wild insects this way.

Edited by antwall, October 25 2019 - 12:45 AM.

[Pumpkin_Loves_Ants]

I have a grave for them which is a plastic container filled with water to preserve their body.

I don’t think water will preserve their bodies. If you really want to preserve them dry them off and put them in your freezer.

[Da_NewAntOnTheBlock]

 

I have a grave for them which is a plastic container filled with water to preserve their body.

I don’t think water will preserve their bodies. If you really want to preserve them dry them off and put them in your freezer.

 

true

[Serafine]

And I would like to say I can't BUY ANYTHING YOU TELL ME TO BUY BECAUSE I LIVE IN A POOR AREA SO MOST OF THE STUFF YOU TELL ME TO BUY ARE HARD TO FIND

Unless you live like literally in the middle of a desert it shouldn't be a problem to get vinegar, sugar and baking (or brewing) yeast. Cotton and plastic cups are available literally everywhere, same for nylon socks (those are probably the hardest part but I'm sure you can make something else if you can't get them, like a plastic lid with very very small holes).

 

Also, as a general note - if you know you cannot take care of an ant species due to whatever reason just don't keep this specific ant species. Go for something more resilient instead (the abundant pavement ant species are all very adaptable and durable and they're great to watch as most of them are very aggressive).

[Da_NewAntOnTheBlock]

 

And I would like to say I can't BUY ANYTHING YOU TELL ME TO BUY BECAUSE I LIVE IN A POOR AREA SO MOST OF THE STUFF YOU TELL ME TO BUY ARE HARD TO FIND

Unless you live like literally in the middle of a desert it shouldn't be a problem to get vinegar, sugar and baking (or brewing) yeast. Cotton and plastic cups are available literally everywhere, same for nylon socks (those are probably the hardest part but I'm sure you can make something else if you can't get them, like a plastic lid with very very small holes).

 

Also, as a general note - if you know you cannot take care of an ant species due to whatever reason just don't keep this specific ant species. Go for something more resilient instead (the abundant pavement ant species are all very adaptable and durable and they're great to watch as most of them are very aggressive).

 

Camponotous is also pretty well built and resilient too

[Leo]

hmm Odontoponera or Odontomachus? I'm confuse
but both won't eat something bigger than their body.

for Odontomachus I'm success with give her half of mealworm each 3 days or so
for Odontoponera I'm failed wilth mealworm, i thnik better to give soft insect like little moth or fruitfly

 

If you want to raise fruit flies get this:

 

- apple vinegar

- lots of sugar

- baking yeast (or brewing yeast, doesn't matter which one)

- (optional: potato stuff, bananas, other fruits)

 

Put everything into a plastic cup, mix it properly with a teaspoon, then put some cotton on top of the mixture (so the fruit flies have a place to sit on) and use a nylon sock to cover the cup (after you've attracted around a dozen fruit flies).

 

 

This recipe is foolproof, doesn't mold, rarely gets mites and the fruit flies love it. It'll take a few weeks to start rolling but within 3-4 weeks you'll start getting a ton of fruit flies.

i will get this, thanks

my odontoponera take mealworms with gusto