Quote Originally Posted by pythonminion View Post
I hope you have a source of ants! Although, curiousity has me wondering they would eat dusted flightless fruit flies...
You know, when I was first reading about the need for ants I thought that myself, since they look a lot like ants and I have some stuff left over to make cultures for them. But, after researching more, it seems the reason they need ants is for the formic acid. I'm not sure what it is, but apparently they need it and ants give it to them. However, after more searching, I saw that Repashy makes a special supplement just for them called "Formic-Cal Plus." It's "experimental" but I thought maybe it's worth a try? I can get ants pretty easily here in Florida though and I guess wild caught is actually recommended to be healthier for them. I can always order some online as well if I need to, but I'd rather deal with the fruit flies or other insects if possible lol.