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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2010 19:18:42 GMT 1
Mealworms do you give them to your ants dead or alive. At present I give them to my ants freshly killed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2010 19:36:39 GMT 1
Depends on the colony size I guess, if there are enough active ants then alive should be no problem. If it's a new colony then they will find it a bit scary.
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Post by Myrm on Oct 21, 2010 8:54:26 GMT 1
I give mine freshly killed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2010 13:40:25 GMT 1
On the subject of meal worms, I have been told that if they escape they can cause infestation very quickly and are a nightmare to get rid of. Not to mention the larvae they produce are dangerous to lizards and other small animals.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2010 14:14:17 GMT 1
Well if you kill them then they can't escape, so that solves one part. In my case the ants remove it to the garbage pile if they are not hungry or have other reasons not to eat it, so I just clean that up every now and then. Also a meal worm has to turn into a beetle first before producing eggs/larvae, that should be impossible once you cut them in two
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2010 16:31:43 GMT 1
Meal worms - nasty guys ;D don't like them... luckily - my ants don't care for what I think ;D In my opinion - it is better to give em freshly killed - that way the ants don't waste energy on the fight, on the other hand - it makes it more interesting to watch them ;D So - in the winter period - dead - in the warm period - alive ;D that's how I do it ;D
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2010 22:50:46 GMT 1
Ok here is my story (Im pro on mealworms + ants ) well I get something like a fork or a knife and pierce the mealworm head down till some guts spew out then my lovely ants go in and rip the lil wormy to shreds! (P.S you can do the same with pupa's aswell )
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2010 14:10:44 GMT 1
I like to use freskly killed meal worms. For larger colonies I feel Mario Worms are of a better resource
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