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Ants are intelligent. They are like humans in some ways. One of the ways is that when they accumulate trash (including dead ants), they move it out of the colony. There is an exception... The European wood ant battles with other colonies in "bloody battles", where the victors take home the ants to feed on, (high source of protein or something...) To bury them. They actually have a cemetery .
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How much weight can an ant can carry?
Ants can carry items 10 - 50 times their own body weight. Ants are small but they are very strong for their size. if you were that strong you could lift an automobile. the ants carry or drag heavy loads for food back to their nests. The food may be parts of plants or bits of dead animals.
How do ants get food?
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.
Are ants attracted to dead insects or alive insects?
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.
How do ants take in their food?
Ants get their food by sending out scout ants to find a food source. Once food is found ants us pheromones to alert others in their colony to where the food is. The ants follow this trail to the food source.
Why would you find a pile of dead ants and no live ants?
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.
What are the decomposers of the ant colony?
The decomposers of the ant colony are the ants that eat the dead. Ants that die in the colony are fed to the decomposers and the queen ant. Ants are naturally decomposers because they feed off dead things.
Having observed time and again that carpenter ants carry away their crushed brethen always wonder what do they do with the bodies?
Generally speaking, ants will move the bodies of their dead to a sort of "garbage dump" on the outskirts of their colony where waste is also kept. The garbage dump ants (usually the eldest members of the colony) are hard-wired to carry the bodies here to decompose.
How much weight can an ant can carry?
Ants can carry items 10 - 50 times their own body weight. Ants are small but they are very strong for their size. if you were that strong you could lift an automobile. the ants carry or drag heavy loads for food back to their nests. The food may be parts of plants or bits of dead animals.
Do ants eat earthworns?
Ants will eat any living (or dead) thing they can bring into their colony even if they have to rip it apart alive. I've seen it.
How do ants get food?
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.
Are ants attracted to dead insects or alive insects?
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.
What is common food for ants?
Ants are scavengers and therfore, ants eat things that are already dead such as dead insects.
How strong are are ant?
AnswerAnts can lift 50 times their own weight. Ants are small but they are very strong for their size. If you were that strong you could life a car. The ants carry or drag heavy loads of food back to their nests. the food may be parts of plants or bits of dead animals.
How do ants take in their food?
Ants get their food by sending out scout ants to find a food source. Once food is found ants us pheromones to alert others in their colony to where the food is. The ants follow this trail to the food source.
Do ants eat dead mice- I found a dead mouse outside and tiny ants brought gravel bits and pebbles and surrounded the mouse...?
EH? what kind of question is dat?hahah!! it's dead, so obviously the ants will eat dead mice, any dead small animals will be eaten by ants..
Why would you find a pile of dead ants and no live ants?
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.
Do queens eat dead ants?
No. In colonies, there are special ants that have the job of disposing of deceased ants.
