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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2011 18:29:36 GMT 1
Springtails are those white or grey small hopping insect-like creatures[they are not considered insects anymore.] They eat anything organic esp. mould. So i thought maybe you could add them into an ant nest to keep out mould and uneaten food.
Tell me what you think!
-Dermy
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2011 18:36:14 GMT 1
Would't ants eat them.
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Post by icewhyte on Dec 7, 2011 19:09:26 GMT 1
Springtails are those white or grey small hopping insect-like creatures[they are not considered insects anymore.] They eat anything organic esp. mould. So i thought maybe you could add them into an ant nest to keep out mould and uneaten food. Tell me what you think! -Dermy Worth a try. Do they not need a lot of moisture though?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2011 23:31:43 GMT 1
I'm pretty sure that springtails would be on the menu.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2011 23:46:42 GMT 1
If it is a small colony it wouldnt maybe, but yes it probably wouldn't work.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2011 19:27:18 GMT 1
A small number of springtails seem to live with my Messor barbarus, at first I assumed they were lice to be removed- but these look just like springtails and do the characteristic leap.
In any case, they don't seem to bother the colony.
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Post by icewhyte on Dec 13, 2011 20:18:52 GMT 1
How did they get in with your Messors?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2011 20:27:53 GMT 1
It must have been the potting compost that I used, the bag of which has been out in the garden for some time. They were in my Pheidole setup as well, but I think they must have been killed off.
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Post by icewhyte on Dec 13, 2011 20:46:50 GMT 1
Ohright, So did you notice if they were eating the left overs which the ants never ate?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2011 20:52:39 GMT 1
They don't eat the seed shells naturally, but apart from those, the colony doesn't seem to take any left overs out of the nest- they eat all of their food.
The springtails never seem to go into the brood chamber for some reason. Perhaps that's for the best.
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Post by Myrm on Dec 16, 2011 19:11:09 GMT 1
I voted yes they're exciting.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2011 3:33:16 GMT 1
I think they would work well for dirt setups. All though i like to breed my own colonies.
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