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acromyrmex versicolor diet

Started By Guest__005689_* , Dec 7 2020 9:46 PM

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#1 Offline Guest__005689_* - Posted December 7 2020 - 9:46 PM

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For everyone who has Acromyrmex, what do they like best? Leaves, flowers etc. what's best for fungus growth?


#2 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted December 8 2020 - 5:21 AM

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Fish flakes/pellets, rose petals dried or alive, mesquite leaves, clovers. most of what they like is those things. but usually they will only eat rose petals if they can.


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#3 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted December 9 2020 - 1:52 PM

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Rose petals, Fish Flakes, clovers etc 
Do you have a colony?


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#4 Offline Guest__005689_* - Posted December 9 2020 - 1:53 PM

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Rose petals, Fish Flakes, clovers etc 
Do you have a colony?

Thank you! Stricky. 
And Yes I do.


#5 Offline Devi - Posted December 9 2020 - 2:47 PM

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Just curious, what other colonies do you have?  Are you new to the hobby?   Welcome to Formiculture!  


#6 Offline TechAnt - Posted December 9 2020 - 3:02 PM

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Welcome to Formiculture!

 

Formiculture has a thread called "Preferred Food by Species" which I will add a link to for your convenience, it also includes A. versicolor: 

https://www.formicul...ood-by-species/


Edited by TechAnt, December 9 2020 - 3:02 PM.

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

#7 Offline ZTYguy - Posted December 9 2020 - 6:21 PM

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I feed mine rose petals and steel cut oats. I sometimes experiment with flowers from my yard.


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#8 Offline Guest__005689_* - Posted December 9 2020 - 9:21 PM

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I feed mine rose petals and steel cut oats. I sometimes experiment with flowers from my yard.

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Welcome to Formiculture!

 

Formiculture has a thread called "Preferred Food by Species" which I will add a link to for your convenience, it also includes A. versicolor: 

https://www.formicul...ood-by-species/

Thank you techant! very informative


Just curious, what other colonies do you have?  Are you new to the hobby?   Welcome to Formiculture!  

I have serveral other ant colonies. I started in Feb. Thank you for the welcome!


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#9 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted December 10 2020 - 7:11 AM

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I feed mine rose petals and steel cut oats. I sometimes experiment with flowers from my yard.

ty


Welcome to Formiculture!

 

Formiculture has a thread called "Preferred Food by Species" which I will add a link to for your convenience, it also includes A. versicolor: 

https://www.formicul...ood-by-species/

Thank you techant! very informative


Just curious, what other colonies do you have?  Are you new to the hobby?   Welcome to Formiculture!  

I have serveral other ant colonies. I started in Feb. Thank you for the welcome!

 

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