yep ive been feeding them fruitflies that they love expecally the queen but they don't seem to like honey water
edit: these ants are small would they need 60cm ytong or would 30cm be big enough?
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I've never feed M. barbarus with sweet water. I've tried giving them some fruits but they ignored that too. So I only feed them seeds and insects. I gave them a bit of cheese the other day and they loved it.
One more thing, make big nest for this ants or at least expendable one. They grow very fast. Really.
i dont know why but my messors are well shy.. i hardly see them out.. and they have filled there test tube with grass seed and left the other seeds alone, i dont think they touch the crickets i give them either, Is there anything else i can try em with ?
fruitfly's or a small fly that's what ive been feeding them
edit: ive now put a small criket in there testtube that the workers ignored but the queen went to the end of the testube and dragged it to the other end and is now eating it
Ants only need insects when there is brood. If there is no brood or not much they don't eat allot of the insect you give.
Most Messor sp. don't eat sweets. Only insects and seeds. They make ant bread from it. The workers feed themselves with that.
ive been helping them make ant bread by cracking open the Platahirse seeds and putting the inner into there testtube
update ive found a new food source for my messors they love fruit fly maggots and they have been eating them none stop :)
Nice. ;) Mine are preparing for hibernation.