miszt: Insect Traps (for food) (20. Jul 2008 15:36)

I made a few simple diagrams showing some of the ways I catch insects to feed my ants.

Remeber to either Freeze for 1hr or drop in Boiling water for 30 seconds before feeding any wild insects to your ant colony!

http://formicopedia.com/home/content/view/38884/64/

Would love to see other peoples designs, so show us your traps!

Hope those 3 will be useful :)

ratgreen: (20. Jul 2008 15:49)

im logged in and i get this "You are not authorised to view this resource.
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miszt: (20. Jul 2008 15:52)

oops sorry about that, forgot to publish it, try now :D

Skippy: (20. Jul 2008 16:10)

hehe , it looks like this page is day by day better mizst , thanks for that ! ... I am interested in photo competetion :D I want win Messor barbarus

miszt: (20. Jul 2008 19:13)

:D glad ur enjoyin the site Skippy! yep send sum pics for the comp! I'll post it up on here at sum point

SirJet: (24. Jul 2008 21:03)

Great illistrations!!! Very helpful, thank you.

ratgreen: (26. Jul 2008 22:16)

this is my trap.
it is a 12v cold cathode light (kinda like neon's) hooked up to a 12v scooter battery with a old light shade around it, for the insects to perch on, i made it an hour ago so i dont know how well it works yet.
ill tell you how well it works tomorrow

Calco: (26. Jul 2008 22:33)

Im trying a version of the moth trap, basically a bucket with the top covered in foil with a light inside and a wide funnel inside, so when moths get in the foil reflects which makes it even more moth attractive. Just gotta hope it works :)

Marcawat: (28. Jul 2008 20:37)

I find the best place to get freshly killed fly's is from the bumper of my car, or anyone's car, and also save washing them off aswell :D . but i have only small colnoy, so one a day is plenty. How do you know when you need to feed your ants more, do you just give them two fly's and see if they take it then keep giving them two from then on?

miszt: (28. Jul 2008 22:22)

I find the best place to get freshly killed fly's is from the bumper of my car, or anyone's car, and also save washing them off aswell :D . but i have only small colnoy, so one a day is plenty. How do you know when you need to feed your ants more, do you just give them two fly's and see if they take it then keep giving them two from then on?

i'd worry about the pollution from car exhausts personally, pollution is doing allot of damage to the natrual world, I dont know what affect it might have on an ant colony, but there are sum pretty nasty chemicals in exhaust fumes.

Feed them as much as they will eat, if you see food being left to go bad, then you know they have enough and can reduce the amount :)