can dubias eat this?

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jasond02

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Was wondering if I could go out in the yard and get them some clover to put in their bins? It will be pesticide free or free from any other chemicals.
 

Soulwind

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Can they? Yes [as long as you're sure it's pesticide / fertilizer free].

Will they? Depends.

My colony rarely eats any greens I put in there.

Example: whenever I do strawberries, I always take the cut off tops and dump them into the colony.
A day later, they've picked every ounce of actual strawberry clean and leave behind the leaves. They don't seem even slightly interested in the leaves.

They like a lot of things, but green leafy stuff doesn't seem to be one of them (at least for my colony, I've heard of other colonies that seem to love greens).
 

jarich

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Well there is a very good reason for them not eating your strawberry leaves. They release hydrogen cyanide when they decay or are picked! Id recommend not putting those in any more ;)
 

Soulwind

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jarich":uacv5f1z said:
Well there is a very good reason for them not eating your strawberry leaves. They release hydrogen cyanide when they decay or are picked! Id recommend not putting those in any more ;)

Wow, didn't know that!

Well, I guess I'll be picking the leaves off from now on before I dump
the cut fruit into the bin.
 
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