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Opisthopsis sp. - Strobe ant - diet?

Started By CoolColJ , Feb 25 2018 3:40 AM

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#1 Offline CoolColJ - Posted February 25 2018 - 3:40 AM

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Apart from raw honey, what else would you feed a Strobe ant?

I don't know much about their lifestyle, and not much info out there on the web

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#2 Offline Martialis - Posted February 25 2018 - 6:39 AM

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Insects.

The honey doesn't need to be raw. It can literally be the kind you pick up at a grocery.

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#3 Offline CoolColJ - Posted February 25 2018 - 9:45 AM

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Insects.

The honey doesn't need to be raw. It can literally be the kind you pick up at a grocery.

My raw honey was bought from a grocery store, about the same price as well, except it has a few honey bee comb wafers in it

Well my Componotus Sp. colony doesn't seem to like refined honey, but they do sip the raw honey.

I read that Strobe ants may be the same.

And the ants can walk over raw honey, and not stick to it like regular honey

#4 Offline CoolColJ - Posted February 25 2018 - 1:01 PM

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I don't know if they are carnivorous

They have nests at the base of eucalyptus trees around here, and from all the stuff I see they seem pretty docile

They like sweet things
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