If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
|
Posted by Oren on April 9, 2007, 5:32 pm
>>Need to catch some ants to feed some Antlions.
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion
>>Problem is how? The ants are about 50 feet away, but they are not
>>cooperating:)
>>Next problem. After I catch them how do I get them to drop into the pit? If
>>I cool them down will they get slow? Like put them in a cooler for a while.
>>Al Before you ask, I'm sane:)
> My memory fails when I try to recite the poem that I heard a million
>times in my youth.
> Doodlebug, Doodlebug..... and the rest I forget.
I was about to tell you until I forgot. As kid in South Florida; a
"doodlebug" lived in a sand mound, resembling an ant mound. It was
cool and shady places, like under a house.
Tickle the center hole in the mound with a twig and he would go deeper
and dig down a bit throwing the sand back out of the hole. The way to
catch him was to take a breath and blow the sand from the center hole
and expose the bug.
Looks very much like the larva in the link above.
Was it "I'll huff and puff and blow your house down" (close to the
piggy thing).
--
Oren
"I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who
really loves it."
|
|
Posted by Steve B on April 9, 2007, 8:00 pm
>>>Need to catch some ants to feed some Antlions.
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion
I apologize for answering earlier, and not completely reading the whole
post.
I'd put out some baits for the ants, and put them among the ant lion holes.
Ants seem to go crazy for chocolate squares, someone else might suggest
something better. Once they start going through there, the lions are going
to get some of them. I'd put the baits in the middle of the ant lion field.
Maybe use only one bait.
Steve
|
|
Posted by Lar on April 9, 2007, 9:34 am
Big Al wrote:
> Need to catch some ants to feed some Antlions.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion
> Problem is how? The ants are about 50 feet away, but they are not
> cooperating:)
>
> Next problem. After I catch them how do I get them to drop into the pit? If
> I cool them down will they get slow? Like put them in a cooler for a while.
>
> Al Before you ask, I'm sane:)
>
>
On a sheet of paper placed near the nest place a small dab of peanut
butter and another one of jelly. If the ants are attracted to it after
a while pick up the paper and funnel the ants on the paper into a jar.
Or drive to local pet store and buy the small sized crickets.
Lar
|
|
Posted by Big Al on April 9, 2007, 10:59 am
> Big Al wrote:
> > Need to catch some ants to feed some Antlions.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion
> > Problem is how? The ants are about 50 feet away, but they are not
> > cooperating:)
> > Next problem. After I catch them how do I get them to drop into the pit?
If
> > I cool them down will they get slow? Like put them in a cooler for a
while.
> > Al Before you ask, I'm sane:)
> On a sheet of paper placed near the nest place a small dab of peanut
> butter and another one of jelly. If the ants are attracted to it after
> a while pick up the paper and funnel the ants on the paper into a jar.
> Or drive to local pet store and buy the small sized crickets.
> Lar
Thanks for a real reply. I'll try it today. I tried cookie crumbs but the
birds eat it.
Al
|
|
Posted by Big Al on April 12, 2007, 2:51 am
> Big Al wrote:
> > Need to catch some ants to feed some Antlions.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion
> > Problem is how? The ants are about 50 feet away, but they are not
> > cooperating:)
> > Next problem. After I catch them how do I get them to drop into the pit?
If
> > I cool them down will they get slow? Like put them in a cooler for a
while.
> > Al Before you ask, I'm sane:)
> On a sheet of paper placed near the nest place a small dab of peanut
> butter and another one of jelly. If the ants are attracted to it after
> a while pick up the paper and funnel the ants on the paper into a jar.
> Or drive to local pet store and buy the small sized crickets.
> Lar
Tried peanut butter, then jelly. Jelly drew the most. They are very small
ants. I'm moving the bait closer to the Antlions:)
Al
|
Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > last >>
| Similar Threads | Posted | | Ants, Lots of Ants | July 24, 2006, 10:24 am |
| How to catch a lizard? | January 24, 2006, 1:10 pm |
| Catch the news here | July 14, 2006, 8:08 am |
| Door Catch Jig? | January 9, 2008, 6:47 pm |
| grill grease catch | August 17, 2005, 6:37 pm |
| wonder if a home inspector would catch? | September 9, 2006, 5:01 pm |
| How to catch window assist spring??? | November 22, 2005, 11:10 am |
| magnetic cupboard catch lined up | March 28, 2006, 7:52 am |
| Mulcher Lawnmower: Bag does not catch Grass? | September 14, 2008, 11:05 am |
| HELP! How catch dust in vaccuum when drilling wall? | March 3, 2006, 3:43 pm |
|
|
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion
>>Problem is how? The ants are about 50 feet away, but they are not
>>cooperating:)
>>Next problem. After I catch them how do I get them to drop into the pit? If
>>I cool them down will they get slow? Like put them in a cooler for a while.
>>Al Before you ask, I'm sane:)