actually both... most of them are...and do eat decaying and rotten insects and animals. some ants raid their surroundings looking for both living and dead animals. the farmer ants gather leaves but they do not eat it. they culture a certain fungi back in their house.
Yes, ants are known to be opportunistic feeders and will eat other insects if they come across them. They may capture and consume insects that are smaller than them to supplement their diet of sugars, proteins, and fats. This behavior also helps regulate insect populations in their environment.
Nigriceps ants are not primary decomposers, as they do not feed on dead organic matter exclusively. While they may scavenge on small dead animals or insects, their diet primarily consists of other insects, nectar, or honeydew. Therefore, they are considered more as secondary decomposers rather than primary decomposers in the ecosystem.
Ants do not eat ponies. Ants are omnivores and typically feed on sugary substances like nectar, fruits, and other insects. They may scavenge on a dead pony, but they do not actively hunt or eat live ponies.
Ants get food by foraging in their environment, searching for sources of food such as crumbs, dead insects, and plant materials. When they find food, they communicate its location to other ants in their colony through chemical signals called pheromones. The ants then work together to gather and transport the food back to their nest.
A possible explanation could be that the dead ants were exposed to a toxin, such as insecticide. If the live ants were able to detect the toxin and avoid it, they would not be present in the area where the dead ants are found.
Ants are scavengers and therfore, ants eat things that are already dead such as dead insects.
An ant many be a bit large for a ladybug, they tend to go for smaller insects such as aphids.
ants
Yes. They prefer the ants alive but they will eat them dead as well.
Ants usually eat sweets.The natural food that ants eat are oil, plants and dead insects.
maybe maybe not
no, they will eat dead things and things that they kill ( like other insects or dead lizards).
they eat crumbs of food and other dead insects
Ants are omnivores. They eat grass and dead insects.
Ants are omnivores. They eat grass and dead insects.
Ants are omnivores. They eat grass and dead insects.
Ants are omnivores. They eat grass and dead insects.