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Post by icewhyte on Dec 3, 2011 22:10:17 GMT 1
I can remember I used to feed my goldfish dried ant eggs. I think you can still buy them in pet shops, has anyone tried feeding their ants these? Would be a good source of protein.
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Post by Myrm on Dec 3, 2011 22:12:31 GMT 1
I can remember I used to feed my goldfish dried ant eggs. I think you can still buy them in pet shops, has anyone tried feeding their ants these? Would be a good source of protein. They are not actually ant eggs. They are called "ant eggs" but they are actually the cast off cocoon cases. I can't see they'd have any nutritional value at all.
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Post by icewhyte on Dec 3, 2011 22:25:09 GMT 1
Really? Didnt know that. I emailed a guy on eBay just there and he said they were just freeze dried ant egg These ones are advertised as having: protein 21.8% oil 31.2% fibre 5.1% ash 5.5%
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Post by Myrm on Dec 3, 2011 22:26:06 GMT 1
Can you provide a link to the page?
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Post by icewhyte on Dec 3, 2011 22:30:44 GMT 1
Using my phone so the page would be a mobile version so just search "supa ant eggs" on eBay or Amazon.
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Post by icewhyte on Dec 3, 2011 22:34:33 GMT 1
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Post by Myrm on Dec 3, 2011 22:41:22 GMT 1
Definitely cocoon cases ("covered" pupae), possibly empty but more than likely taken from the nest before they eclipsed, meaning the developing nat would still be within. Hence the nutritional content. These are often called "ant eggs" but are not true ant eggs. Ant eggs are slight round, white and about 0.5mm in diameter.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2011 22:41:47 GMT 1
Well if you are not into ants i easy to think that coocons are eggs, I thought that.
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Post by icewhyte on Dec 3, 2011 22:47:50 GMT 1
Yeh I suppose other people wouldnt know about the stages. That link says "This food consists of mainly dried ant pupa (probably the common black garden ant, Lasius niger). The eggs are collected from ant nests and dried. This process also collects other items like dried ants, ant honey (the food fed to newly hatched ants) and various small pieces of dried plant stems, etc." There is also a picture of the contents at the bottom of the page, looks tastey.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2011 22:52:59 GMT 1
Definitely cocoon cases ("covered" pupae), possibly empty but more than likely taken from the nest before they eclipsed, meaning the developing nat would still be within. Hence the nutritional content. These are often called "ant eggs" but are not true ant eggs. Ant eggs are slight round, white and about 0.5mm in diameter. They sometimes contain larvae and pupae, so yes, I guess they're just ripped out of the nest. We used to have some.
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Post by icewhyte on Dec 4, 2011 16:18:52 GMT 1
I shall give it a miss. Flaked fish food is good enough for now.
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Post by Myrm on Dec 4, 2011 16:28:43 GMT 1
I shall give it a miss. Flaked fish food is good enough for now. Yay! The less people buy such stuff the less demand and less supply needed, thereby less taking of ant "eggs".
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2011 16:28:59 GMT 1
What species are eating the flakes, my Rubra's will not take them when I give mine them.
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Post by icewhyte on Dec 4, 2011 17:33:39 GMT 1
What species are eating the flakes, my Rubra's will not take them when I give mine them. My Messor barbarus, the first thing they took from me was a fish flake and they ate its pretty quick too. There is a picture on my blog of a worker carrying one about. See below:
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