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Giving bread to ants?

Started By Jonny8040 , Aug 28 2020 12:07 PM

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#1 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted August 28 2020 - 12:07 PM

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Hey guys!
I know ants absolutely love bread. But bread molds extremely fast. Do you all give your ants bread?

Thanks!

In Jesus,
Jonathan
In Jesus,
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#2 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 28 2020 - 12:14 PM

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I mean, its not exactly resource rich. I would not feed it just for that. Plus some ants can be very picky.


My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 28 2020 - 12:33 PM

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I could see Tetramorium getting into bread, but they eat anything. Tapinoma eat it in my kitchen.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#4 Offline Scherme - Posted August 28 2020 - 2:07 PM

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I could see Tetramorium getting into bread, but they eat anything. Tapinoma eat it in my kitchen.

I might have some picky Tetras. I have thought about bread but figure there are more nutritional options. 


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#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 28 2020 - 3:38 PM

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I could see Tetramorium getting into bread, but they eat anything. Tapinoma eat it in my kitchen.

I might have some picky Tetras. I have thought about bread but figure there are more nutritional options.
When your colony gets bigger and has 5,156 larvae, they’ll eat any dang thing. It’s the only way they can sustain that kind of growth.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#6 Offline Temperateants - Posted August 29 2020 - 10:53 AM

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Everyone's like "ants ruin picnics, also don't leave food on the counter" but when you actually raise them you know the pain of them not eating perfectly good food.


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#7 Offline Spazmops - Posted August 29 2020 - 11:10 AM

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Everyone's like "ants ruin picnics, also don't leave food on the counter" but when you actually raise them you know the pain of them not eating perfectly good food.

My 11-queen S. molesta colony is ignoring a freshly defrosted grasshopper at the moment


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#8 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 29 2020 - 1:49 PM

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My Pheidole like  bread crumbs.


Edited by Antkid12, August 29 2020 - 1:49 PM.

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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#9 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 29 2020 - 2:02 PM

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I’m going to try giving mine some tonight. I bet they’d love Goldfish/Cheez-Its crumbs like my Tetramorium do.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#10 Offline zantezaint - Posted August 29 2020 - 10:09 PM

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Everyone's like "ants ruin picnics, also don't leave food on the counter" but when you actually raise them you know the pain of them not eating perfectly good food.

My 11-queen S. molesta colony is ignoring a freshly defrosted grasshopper at the moment

 

My S molesta loving raw salmon.


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4 x Solenopsis xyloni (Fire ant) colonies.

2 x Veromessor andrei (Seed-harvester ant) colonies.

19 x Pogonomyrmex subnitidus (Seed-harvester ant) colonies + 3 x Pogonomyrmex (ID uncertain) colonies

16 x Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) colonies.

1 x Unknown Formicidae colony.

1 x Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant) colony.

1 x Camponotus fragilis (Carpenter/wood ant) colony + 1 x Camponotus sansabeanus (Carpenter/wood ant) colony.

1 x Solenopsis molesta (Thief ant) colony.

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