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Who e-mail Handle Web site Phillip Pi y Ant The Ant Farm Randy Rencsok y Mr. Ant AntCam Andre Schmidt y Jinei Myrmecology James Trager y Dr. Ant		Prev Top Next Chapter Chapter Page Page

4.3 What do ants eat?

Ants like a mixture of honey and water, insects, and greases.
They will eat almost anything except solid food. All food must be
liquid. Not only food, ants need water. --Angelo

Ant larvae can consume solids unlike adult ants.
--Morosophomyrmex

That's funny. I've seen ants move powered sugar. I think in
general to actually consume food this is correct. Yes, ants do
need water -- especially during a drought. That explains why they
can be found around faucets, toilets, and sinks in houses during
dry weather. They are foraging for water. --Mr. Ant

Some species, like the leaf-cutter ants (Atta and Acromyrmex),
use leaves to produce fungi in their nests as a food source.
Harvester ants collect seeds to store food. Some species even use
aphids, as if they were their cows, for their juice from plants.
Some species forage by going to various fruits and flowers to
collect nectar, especially with the honey pot ants. There are
some honey pot ants that stay in the colonies to act the
container with their HUGE abdomens, and they can barely move!
--Ant and UMI