Ant Diet: What Do Ants Eat? - Science ABC

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Most ants are opportunistic feeders and can eat just about anything, but there are 10,000+ types of ants, and not all species eat the same stuff. Ants often seek out sugary nectar or the liquid that plants make. Other ants go out in search of vegan options, such as seeds, corns, grains, leaves etc. Although carpenter ants—just like usual sugar-loving ants—devour honeydew, they are also known to eat termites and the flesh of other dead insects. Fire ants are another insect-eating variety of ants.  

Remember those childhood cartoons where ants would raid a picnic spot and carry off an entire sandwich, salami roll, or even an entire picnic basket on their backs? Do you think ants can actually do that? Well, although they can’t carry a big morsel of food, say a chicken leg piece, in one go, if you leave even a smidgen of tasty food outside, chances are good that some hungry troop of ants will catch a whiff of it and come to repossess your food!

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Most ants are opportunistic feeders and can eat just about anything, but there are 10,000+ types of ants, and not all species eat the same stuff. Pest control experts, for simplicity, classify ants into two categories according to their diet: sugary and greasy. Sugar ants devour sugar, honey and all things ‘sweet’, while grease ants love oils and foods that are greasy or fatty. That’s a good distinction to keep in mind as far as North American ants are considered, but if you go down to South and Central America, you will find a more ravenous group of ants who often dine on rodents, chickens, pigs and even goats!

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