So, I've been thinking about getting into ant keeping. Anyone have any idea when Nuptial Flights happen in Israel? I imagine no, but better to ask!
Ants are intensely interesting to me and have only grown more-so as I've studied ant keeping and ants in general. A lot of what I thought I knew has turned out to be exceedingly basic and narrow in focus.
I'll keep you guys up to date once I get things rolling.
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@Surasanji I was just talking to @mngrif about wanting to get into ant keeping myself!
@Surasanji @freemo @mngrif I keep bees... I am not sure what one gets from keeping ants though. Or is it just voyeuristic?
You harvest the ant-poop and make pie out of it. Its delicious :)
Plus lets not forget the army of millions venomous soldiers ready to do your bidding!
@freemo @Surasanji @mngrif Okay, our ideas of delicious may not coincide.
There was a petstore that had those "Arrow" frogs. The kind that are supposed to be poisonous (and venomous too, yes I know the diff :) )
I asked the guy why these were safe for pets. He said they develop their poison from their diet of fire ants. And since you wouldn't provide that they were perfectly safe.
He went on to add, that there was someone who setup a huge indoor environment containing many of these and the requisite ant colonies. There was some strange accident where he slipped and fell into a group of these frogs and was dead before he could right himself.
Sorry, that was very tangential. Ooh, math, tangents. :)
@Surasanji @freemo @mngrif never eaten Escamoles. I have heard that the French will do drone larva in some sort of fried dish. I don't have much opportunity to eat bugs that don't live in water.
I've tried a few bugs. Mosty just a novelty for me, They taste like nuts roasted.
@freemo @Surasanji @mngrif I have found that ants at least raw have a sour quality to them.. not sure why. Definitely not my bag, and would certainly take a lot to make a meal.
@Surasanji @freemo @mngrif or oxalic as well, since that is definitely in the dietary realm for them. Now that I think of it, kind of reminds me of shamrock or sorrel in a way.
I love plants with Oaxalic acid in them. We have Yellow Woodsorrel that grows all around here (it really grows all around the world).. I get excited finding it and love eating it.
@freemo @Surasanji @mngrif rhubarb is sufficient for me :)
@freemo @Absinthe @mngrif I've enjoyed many insects as food. There is very little in the food realm I won't at least try.