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ordered already :D will post pics when they arrive, doubt i'll get them fully setup before i put them into hibernation tho...maybe
:( turns out their Velox colony's where not healthy.....so i'm getting Cataglyphis viaticus instead, which i'm quiet excited about :D am gonna start working on a desert terrium for them today
Okay.....give us pics soon as possible ;)
;) nice miszt. Good luck with your new ants.
nearly finished it :D went for another ytong in a big tank, will post a thread soon :D ants shuld arrive in a couple of days, so will be a week or so before i introduce them to the tank
when you have finished post some pics so we can have a look :)
Sithmaster676
I used to think ants generally eat anything human consume. But it seems that different ant species prefer different type of food.
I remember when I first introduced a new batch of pheidole pellidula into formicarium, they carried oat flakes to the tube. Since then they never touch it. Neither do they seem to like seeds either. They never even touch honey! I know insects like spiders seem to be their favorite food but they never like the dead dried flies, nor the bloom polls from the antstore.
Furthermore, is difficult to find insects during winter.
I wonder if anyone can provide me a list of food that can be given to pheidole pellidula? Is their preference dependent on the colony size and seasons? I am also wondering ants of the same species keep by different people will have different preferences as well.
I am actually directing this questions to people who actually keep this particular species and their ants actually like the type of food they gave. Appreciate if you could response to this post positively as I am sure this will be much help to those who wants to keep this type of species.
Mine like:
Out of hibernation (March till end of November);
Red runners, dubia's, grasshoppers, spiders, mosquitos, flour maggots and lot of other insects ;)
Some honey (not all types)
No seeds
In hibernation;
Almost nothing, i give them insects once a week and the eat from it but not much.
Honey they eat but also not to much.
my Pheidole * pallidula colony likes to eat: honey, pinkie maiden( fly maggots) small spiders and even other ants i.e formica fusca.i havent tried them with too much different types of food as i did'nt get them too long ago so......
in hibernation: only honey really but not much of it :grin:
jimmyve wot are: red runners, dubia's and flour maggots? as i never heard of them lol. must sell them at some pet stores or somthink #-o
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jimmyve wot are: red runners, dubia's and flour maggots? as i never heard of them lol. must sell them at some pet stores or somthink
Red runners and dubia's are cockroaches. They are very good for your ants (i feed them to all of my colonies), i buy them in a local pet shop.
Flour maggots are a kind of worms that turn into beetles. They like them very much to, here you can buy them in a fishing store.