You're doing it the hard way. Boric acid is a staple of off the shelf baits- you are trying to manufacture it at home and hoping the species of ant you are after will be drawn by the cat food. Search Fluoridated ant bait stations- they are commercial quality and the best I've used yet. Irresistible to almost all ants.
ants smell their food using the antenae on their heads
You are going to a lot of trouble to make ant bait when you can buy it premade. Boric Acid (Borax) is the active ingredient in just about all of them and the baits are usually more attractive than pet food. Recommend Fluorguard if you are looking for a bait that works on most common ants (non-fire/pharoah)
Ants are able to find food by communicating with each other. They use they pheromones to direct each other on where the food would be.
Ants use chemical signals to tell each other about food and a number of other things like enemies.
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Ants use chemical signals to impart information to each other. This can be information is generally about food or predators. When you see them following each other they are following a chemical trail not the ants in front of them.
Ants work together in a colony by each ant having their own job. There are ants that gather food, there are scout ants that find food for the other ants to gather. There are also warriors who attach other nests and defend their own nest and queen.
ants get food from their senses
It is their mode of communication about movement,procurement of food etc. that ants touch each other while passing in a row.
You can make squishy putty by using borax, glue, and water! Mix a little of each together, add food colouring, and there you have it! Store in airtight container in fridge. Be careful, this putty stains!
A colony of ants was diligently working together to gather food for their queen.
no it does not