More unusual foods to try.

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More unusual foods to try.

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Sat Mar 19, 2016 9:21 pm

Could we try and get some consensus for more unusual foods I have tried in the past. Before I publish anything it would be great to get other opinion on these. (I tried these foods on Atta only)
Tea Bags, split open after they have been used.
Yellow split peas and lentils (mainly for bigger colonies with large workers). Sometimes they carry these into the nest and then they are thrown out as the minims inside are not capable of chewing them.
Kibbled Maize
Oats
Cooked meat, chicken, ham, beef
Saw Leaf Cutters in Trinidad at an old lollipop and a discarded ice cream cone. Not sire what they were doing.
Can we get a consensus on Honey water. Do they drink it. Do we think they are taking it back and feeding it. I dont think they can be farming with it.
Cake
Sultanas
If you can try some of these, let us know. If you can think of any other foods to offer please try.
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Post by Atta solider » Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:55 am

My atta eat cooked chicken and sweet corn they take it to the garden they love it am sure I put it I. Food room about mine eat chicken and sweet corn and oats they cut them up
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Post by RichardP » Mon Mar 21, 2016 1:21 pm

I've just dropped in some cooked chicken for the first time. My camponotus colony love it but it hadn't occurred to me to try it with the Atta. I'll let you know.
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Post by RichardP » Mon Mar 21, 2016 2:15 pm

Confirmed - they love it :)
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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Tue Mar 22, 2016 9:45 pm

Thanks Ric and Richard. Now for the rest of the list!!!! 8-)
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Post by Atta solider » Wed Mar 23, 2016 10:33 am

I've been feeding them since I got them the chicken try sweet corn it's got be cooked sweet corn tho mine takes it in garden
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Post by Deansie26 » Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:14 am

Uncooked brown basmati rice, they can't cut it up so you see full rice shapes about the garden.
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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Wed Mar 23, 2016 10:10 pm

Thats interesting. Normally if they cant process a material they throw it out. What about if you soak it, do they still take it?
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Post by Deansie26 » Wed Mar 23, 2016 10:30 pm

I haven't tried as they do take it, I used to see shapes of rice in my previous colonies gardens. They would be there for quite some time.
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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Thu Mar 24, 2016 8:17 pm

Deansie26 wrote:I haven't tried as they do take it, I used to see shapes of rice in my previous colonies gardens. They would be there for quite some time.
Thats like Ashas cooking, some of the things I eat are there for quite some time also.
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