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CA-02 love moths

Started By WiteBeam , Nov 22 2025 7:58 PM

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#1 Offline WiteBeam - Posted November 22 2025 - 7:58 PM

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I recently started putting out a black light to attract moths. My little CA-02 colony is crazy about them. They will reluctantly go for my cut up meal worms but will swarm a moth like it is candy. I assume they get moths in the wild regularly.

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#2 Offline rptraut - Posted November 24 2025 - 3:24 PM

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Hello WiteBeam,

I realized how much the Camponotus ants in my area like moths while observing a wild colony where I saw the leftover wings and husks in their trash. Moths are often attracted to the window by my plant lights that are on at night, and I catch them easily there. I feed my colonies mostly meat products, they don't seem to like mealworms or superworms that much. They certainly enjoy the odd moth as a treat and eat them "like candy".

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