When does a scarlet tanager eat?

Answer 1

The Scarlet Tanager gets its food sources from the forest or woodland it lives in. The bird eats primarily insects, like bees, caterpillars, butterflies, wasps, but they will also eat beetles, Spiders, earthworms, buds, and fruits.

Answer 2

Scarlet tanagers eat mainly insects, and will opportunistically consume fruit when plentiful. Any flying variety of insect will readily be taken when common, such as bees, wasps, hornets, ants, and sawflies; moths and butterflies; beetles; flies; cicadas, leafhoppers, spittlebugs, treehoppers, plant lice, and scale insects; termites; grasshoppers and locusts; dragonflies; and dobsonflies. Scarlet tanagers also take snails, earthworms and spiders.