It depends on the kind of harvester ant and what kinds of seeds there are where they live. Some eat various kinds of grain, that is to say the seeds of grasses. The grains we grow for harvest come from grasses that grow especially big seeds, but harvester ants generally go for wild grass seeds of a moderate size. This is not to say that they will not also gather the seeds of commercial grains.
Some kinds of seeds get eaten by the ants, others grow a lumpy part called an elaiosome that is suitable for the ants to eat. The real seed of such plants either is not good to eat, or has a very hard shell. Once the ants have eaten the elaiosome off the seed, they dump the real seed in the area where they collect their rubbish. There the seed can germinate and the rubbish acts as a fertiliser for the plant. When a plant relies on ants to distribute its seeds, we speak of the process as myrmecochory.
Apart from the grains that the harvester ants eat (which is not myrmecochory, because the seeds themselves get eaten), we find myrmecochory in pod bearing plants like some kinds of Acacia, but also in some species of Agathosma and some species of Euphorbia
Harvester Ants gather and eat seeds, especially the seed pods of the mesquite bush.Seeds
They eat mossly harvestor ants( red ants) but subsidize their diet with a few termites and a few other insects. Fire ants are bad, they don't eat fire ants but fire ants are killing the harvestor ants
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Some ants can have stingers. However, most ants simply bite, and some are also completely harmless. Fire ants and harvester ants are two of the most common ants that have stingers, and are primarily seen outdoors.
Harvester Ants gather and eat seeds, especially the seed pods of the mesquite bush.Seeds
Harvester Ants gather and eat seeds, especially the seed pods of the mesquite bush.Seeds
Harvester Ants gather and eat seeds, especially the seed pods of the mesquite bush.Seeds
They eat mossly harvestor ants( red ants) but subsidize their diet with a few termites and a few other insects. Fire ants are bad, they don't eat fire ants but fire ants are killing the harvestor ants
Harvester ants .
Most Horn Toads, also known as Horned Lizards, eat harvester ants and crickets. Some species of Horn Toads do not eat harvester ants, however. Those types generally eat smaller species of ants. They also eat termites, grasshoppers, and beetles.
The preferred diet of harvester ants are nuts and seeds, so they are vegetarians. These types of ants are considered the main food source for desert horned lizards.
Yes , Harvester ants do burrow to make out a nest .
They eat harvester ants, beetles, and grasshoppers.
There are a number of insects that feed on plants but the most numerous are locusts (grasshoppers) and ants, such as harvester ants.
They eat harvester ants as their primary food source, but also eat termites, grasshoppers, and beetles.
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