Ants are omnivores. They eat all vegetarian food, such as insects, bread, chickens, ducks, fish, fruits, honeydew, fungi, sweets and seeds. Ants belong to Hymenoptera Formicidae, and there are many kinds. Different kinds of ants have different eating habits. Its feeding habits include meat, omnivorous meat, omnivorous vegetarian, vegetarian and so on. Let me show you the feeding habits of ants and what they eat.

What food do ants eat?

1, carnivorous ants usually take insects as their main food, which is less in the proportion of ants. But different carnivorous ants have different food preferences, so not all insects can be used as food for carnivorous ants.

2. Many ants are omnivorous and carnivorous. They can be vegetarian or eat meat, but meat will attract them more easily. When feeding this feeding ant, you can feed insects, fruits, honeydew, pork, chicken and so on.

3. There are many overlaps between omnivorous vegetarian ants and omnivorous carnivorous ants, but when insect carcasses and sweets appear at the same time, omnivorous vegetarian ants are more attracted to sweets.

4. Vegetarian ant species account for a large proportion of ant species, and some only eat special plants or fruit juice. For example, leaf-cutting ants will take leaves back to their nests to plant fungi, and take fungi as their only food.

Food intake of ants

By introducing the feeding habits of ants, I believe everyone can understand what food ants eat. Some ants can control their food intake well and carry as much food as they need. For ants who move their food back to their nests and enjoy it slowly, it is not advisable to feed too much, otherwise it will easily lead to food expiration. Attracting small insects mainly scavengers may endanger the safety of ant larvae.