sithmaster676: (2. Apr 2007 08:11)

sounds good fox
they will indeed try to carry back to the nest saves them time and effort going back and forwards to it :P
and back on the subject of meal worms from a pet store
1. would it be ok to keep them in a large lunch box?

2. do they need a flooring such as mud of saw dust?

3. do they need some places to hide e.g. cardboard toilet roll?

4.what would i feed them?
thanks Sithmaster676 :grin:

JimmyVe: (2. Apr 2007 15:37)

Your doing a good job Fox. ;) It won't harm them if you spray some water if they are in there (but don't spray to much) in nature ants do get wet when it rains. ;)

Hi sith, about keeping the meal worms i don't have experience with that. If i buy them i put them a few seconds in boiling water and then let them cool off and put them in a freezer. Before i feed them i let them defrost end i don't have to worry of keeping them alive and healthy. ;)

sithmaster676: (2. Apr 2007 16:34)

thanks for the reply jimmy
hopefully someone else on the forum like mpir will be able to give me some infomation on how to keep meal worms alive
Sithmaster676

mpir: (3. Apr 2007 08:01)

And here I go.. :wink:

It is really no big deal. Like I said, put them in plastic box with a good seal. Put some paper or "wood shavings" (not sure what is the word) in, keep it damp and put in also some fruits. There are lots of pages on internet about them... Maybe you can check this one out:

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/misc/ef002.htm

I´m sure you will find a lot of useful information.

sithmaster676: (3. Apr 2007 08:24)

thanks a lot mpir thats just what i wanted to know i will look at that link aswell
Sithmaster676

R3dFox: (3. Apr 2007 21:51)

What would happen if i put a ant from my garden into my antfarm?

Just wondering, not that im planning some evil experiment or plotting ant war lol.

Would the ants have any problem eating it? or would they adopt it into the colony?

sithmaster676: (4. Apr 2007 14:43)

no they would attack the foreign ants but if your lucky you could place some larva into the setup and they MIGHT adopt them as there own or they will kill them
Sithmaster676

JimmyVe: (4. Apr 2007 18:19)

In deed, a ant from another colony will be dead in a few minutes. To boost your colony with other larva (not necessary) it is a 50/50 change of working out (if you know what i mean)

R3dFox: (5. Apr 2007 10:36)

Well i was thinking more as a source of living food. Because there is a lack of insects around, living or dead.

So was just wondering if they would eat forigen ants

sithmaster676: (5. Apr 2007 15:19)

yeah they would but you must remember that the ants will fight back so it is better to use dead bugs depends on the size of your colony.
Sithmaster676

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