ANTSTORE World of Ants

[badman]

Has anyone offered ants a caterpillar before? I got some that are sold as reptile food, inside it was like a weird purple/grey cream which seemed quite fatty.

I offered it to some Camponotus herculaneus and Camponotus ligniperda but they showed no interest at all. Quite disappointing, I thought a big fat caterpillar would have plenty of good stuff in it, all the nutrients/protein requried to metamorphosise into a moth etc.

[ashhad1]

oh yes i did feed a caterpillar once to my Camponotus ligniperda and they loved it, i boiled it first so i didnt see much stuff inside it when i cut it in 2. But they loved it

[SteveUK28]

ive yet to try caterpillar but when i do find one i will def try my girls with it.

[miszt]

Catapillars are quite fatty, i'd recomend letting them turn into pupa first, then break that open and feed it instead, or wait for them to turn into butterflys n feed them

My Pacyhcondyla love chasing moths about its great watching them leap off things to grab them mid flight! most of the time they miss, but eventually they catch them

[SteveUK28]

awww dude.. i soo need to get a colony of them.. that sounds soo awesome