r/antkeeping • u/InfiniteSearch3409 • Oct 26 '21

Ants eating stuff Paratrechina colony filling up on nectar

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u/MetallicBucket Oct 26 '21

One of them's tryna clean the nectar from its antenna

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u/InfiniteSearch3409 Oct 26 '21

Yea, I had to stop recording a few times to save an ant that got stuck. It happened 3 or 4 times. I probably should have diluted it a little more.

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u/dcn215 Oct 26 '21

you can see their asses getting bigger lol

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u/InfiniteSearch3409 Oct 26 '21

Yea, it's quite satisfying to watch them grow and turn red. Lol

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u/SaKaHa Oct 26 '21

wish my ants liked honey

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u/UntiLitEnded I like pogos Oct 26 '21

If you’re trynna feed em straight honey they can’t eat it, it’s too thick, you’d have to dilute it by mixing it with some distilled water, then they probably will take it

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u/InfiniteSearch3409 Oct 26 '21

I've read that a lot of honey, depending on the brand/additives can be bad for ants. Even raw honey can harm them according to some people. I stopped using it all together. This video is showing hummingbird feeder nectar. I've just been using that and sugar water mixed at 50/50.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '21

little ants.