For Protein I feed them Crickets, flies, worms, spiders and anything that crawls from my garden including lasius niger
.Now here's my problem I have tried them on Natural honey, Golden syrup , sugar water , refined sugar, cake, oranges , grapes , melons , strawberries, apples, and banana .
Out of that list the only energy food they will eat is Banana.
Also they never seem to drink water, I use a bird water dispenser blocked at the bottom with cotton wool.
So would a diet consisting of many insects and old banana be enough from a nutritional point of view. I have read that this species is a seed disperser . Does that mean they will eat any seeds i give them or specific seed.
I find that there isn't much information on the diet of these ants but apparently the workers can bring the brood up as future queens so they shouldn't become orphans .
Any advice would be appreciated .
