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[Lewis]

ok i might try that but i would only give her one and see what she does, my Lasius niger has accepted cocoons and larvea,i can give you progress in a week

[Phasmid]

Swarms of Messor






Camponotus ligniperda









Acromyrmex octospinosus

[Messorus]

Nice ants Phamids! I hope your experiences will just grow up

[TimLarge]

Haha, you're feeding your Messor walnuts

[Phasmid]

They love it .

[Lewis]

wow great pics

[JimmyVe]

Really great pictures Phasmid. Looks like your ants are doing great. What are you feeding your Acromyrmex.

[Phasmid]

Really great pictures Phasmid. Looks like your ants are doing great. What are you feeding your Acromyrmex.

Thanks .I feed my Acromyrmex just about anything that comes from plants (I like to give a variety of food), but at the moment their favorite are rose leaves. They quickly get bored of the same food plant though, apparently this is a natural thing so that they don’t wipe out all of the plants in their area, so it will be something else soon.

[Lewis]

hi Phasmid what are you feeding your ligniperda?
and what set up are they in, Y-tong?
because what ever it is ,they are doing great

[Phasmid]

Hi, I feed them most insects and sugar water.
They are in an aerated concrete block which I keep damp by just spraying water onto it, there is also a heat mat under part of it.

[thecowmaster]

do Messor barbarus eat insects?

[Zagone]

Yes they do, and actaully require it as far as I know. However they'd rather chomp down allready dead insects rather than killing them themselves. Atleast in my experience.

Which reminds me I need to find some chow for my M. minors. :/

[Phasmid]

Yes, Messor love insects just like most other ants do. Boiled roach seems to be a favorite at the moment for mine, good job too as I have plenty .

[Lewis]

were did you get your Formica fusca?

[Phasmid]

From a local forest, they are very abundant there.I won't say which .