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#1 Offline - Posted August 18 2022 - 7:28 AM
Hi,
Does anyone have experience feeding Camponotus ants cricket? If so, did they like it?
Does anyone have experience feeding Camponotus ants cricket? If so, did they like it?
Ants for sale in MA: https://www.formicul...-massachusetts/
Keeper of:
-Camponotus pennsylvanicus
-Camponotus chromaiodes
-Camponotus castaneus
-Camponotus americanus
Journal: https://www.formicul...onotus-journal/
Keeper of:
-Camponotus pennsylvanicus
-Camponotus chromaiodes
-Camponotus castaneus
-Camponotus americanus
Journal: https://www.formicul...onotus-journal/
#2 Offline - Posted August 18 2022 - 8:16 AM
#3 Offline - Posted August 18 2022 - 9:43 AM
My camponotus vicinus will eat crickets
Camponotus sasbenaus dose not like crickets
Camponotus texanus do and don't like crickets
Camponotus chromaiodes same as camp texanus
Camponotus sasbenaus dose not like crickets
Camponotus texanus do and don't like crickets
Camponotus chromaiodes same as camp texanus
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#4 Offline - Posted August 18 2022 - 10:34 AM
My Camponotus colonies love crickets, almost as much as they love fruit flies and sugar.
Currently kept species
L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi, M semirufus, F. pacifica, P. californica, M. ergatogyna.
Previously kept species
T. rugatulus, B. depilis.
Looking for
Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus
Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans
#5 Offline - Posted August 18 2022 - 3:09 PM
My Camponotus love their crickets (these are mediterranean crickets of the genus Gryllus).
Btw, if you feed crickets of the genus Acheta make sure to kill them first. Those things are absolute tanks and even Camponotus will have serious trouble taking them down.
Edited by Serafine, August 18 2022 - 3:12 PM.
We should respect all forms of consciousness. The body is just a vessel, a mere hull.
Welcome to Lazy Tube - My Camponotus Journal
#6 Offline - Posted August 18 2022 - 5:09 PM
Thanks I will try feeding my C. pennsylvanicus and Nova colonies crickets.
Ants for sale in MA: https://www.formicul...-massachusetts/
Keeper of:
-Camponotus pennsylvanicus
-Camponotus chromaiodes
-Camponotus castaneus
-Camponotus americanus
Journal: https://www.formicul...onotus-journal/
Keeper of:
-Camponotus pennsylvanicus
-Camponotus chromaiodes
-Camponotus castaneus
-Camponotus americanus
Journal: https://www.formicul...onotus-journal/
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