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Feeding Lasius Niger Ants

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Lasius niger 

Likes: 

  • Freeze Dried Tubifex Worms
  • Cooked Chicken
  • Mosquito Larva
  • Moths
  • Honey Water
  • Pear
  • Strawberries
  • Honey
  • Flies
  • Mealworms
  • Boiled egg
  • Aquarium snails
  • Fruit flies

Dislikes:

  • Beetle Jelly
  • Brown sugar water
  • Bluebottle Flies
  • Banana
  • Chocolate
  • Raw chicken
  • Kiwi

May like:

  • Honey water
  • Gammarus
  • Pork Jelly from pies
  • Spiders (Has to be fresh)
  • Earwigs
  • Crickets
  • Maggots
  • Hummingbird nectar

Source: Formiculture.com Forums


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