does that provide atleast minimal nutrients they need? or will that cause the queen to die?
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is it ok to feed colony dried milworms, rather than live insects?
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, Sep 20 2016 6:06 PM
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Posted September 20 2016 - 6:06 PM
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Posted September 21 2016 - 3:23 AM
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It's not easy for them to eat dry crunchy stuff. You can sometimes find canned insects at pet stores.
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Posted September 21 2016 - 5:22 AM
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Like Salmon said the workers are only able to ingest liquid foods, only the larvae can breakdown solid foods.
The food itself won't hurt your queen, but the lack of nutrients will. I breed meal worms and its really easy, little attention needed.
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Posted September 21 2016 - 6:44 AM
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canned insects? interesting.
does it take alot of room to grow milworms? space is an issue for me.
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Posted September 21 2016 - 6:56 AM
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You can culture them in a plastic shoe box -- It doesn't take much room at all. You just need to make sure they have plenty of dry medium (oats work for me) and that they always have access to some sort of moist, vitamin-rich food, like slices of fruit and vegetables. Whatever you give the mealworms will be passed down to your ants.
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Posted September 21 2016 - 10:35 AM
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You can culture them in a plastic shoe box -- It doesn't take much room at all. You just need to make sure they have plenty of dry medium (oats work for me) and that they always have access to some sort of moist, vitamin-rich food, like slices of fruit and vegetables. Whatever you give the mealworms will be passed down to your ants.
i imagine you culture them in a garage or something considering that they probably smell.
canned kinda sound more appealing, what kind of canned bugs should i look at for if that is what i end up using?
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Posted September 21 2016 - 2:17 PM
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You can culture them in a plastic shoe box -- It doesn't take much room at all. You just need to make sure they have plenty of dry medium (oats work for me) and that they always have access to some sort of moist, vitamin-rich food, like slices of fruit and vegetables. Whatever you give the mealworms will be passed down to your ants.
i imagine you culture them in a garage or something considering that they probably smell.
canned kinda sound more appealing, what kind of canned bugs should i look at for if that is what i end up using?
Mine never really smell, sure the beetles do smell if you mess around with them but it's nothing like crickets or something. Honestly as long as you take care not to get the medium wet or damp [mold] they do perfectly fine with minimum husbandry 
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