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KiamCameron: Army Ants,Driver Ants and Other Ants (11. Jun 2008 09:42)

How come Army ants and driver ants only eat insects do they eat honey to keep them alive or have they managed to do something to the insects which gives the workers food? I mean like an ant like lasius niger they need honey or sugar water to survive the workers do so dont army ants and driver ants need honey ?

Phasmid: (11. Jun 2008 13:37)

They will come across nectar and honey during the raids also they may eat fruit and insects full of suger such as other ants. They all they have to do is store the sugary substances they find in social stomacs.

JimmyVe: (11. Jun 2008 17:56)

Almost all species needs sweets but not all. Messor species don't need them. I don't know about driver ants.

Phasmid: (11. Jun 2008 18:51)

But then messor s and other harvesters get their carbs from the seeds they eat. I suppose army ants could eats seeds too, like Peidologeton do.

miszt: (11. Jun 2008 21:48)

Dorylinae (driver/old world) and Ecitoninae (new world) both eat fruits, seeds n nuts aswell as insects

anquietas: (22. Jun 2008 10:50)

have heard of them eating fruits but never confirmend and on a side note has any one tried keeping driver ants - army ants? is it even possible?

KiamCameron: (22. Jun 2008 11:42)

hehe its impossible to keep driver ants or army ants as they must change nest every 1-2 weeks or so and there colonies contain millions for army ants and up to 20 million of driver ants you will need to be feeding the army ants 120000 insects a day or so and the driver ants 1.2million insects a day or so lol

anquietas: (22. Jun 2008 12:03)

well with an industral sized cricket farm and an area of about 1.2 square miles then its would be possible rotfl

JimmyVe: (22. Jun 2008 14:28)

Yes some species like fruits to. You can try it out yourself to see if you ants like it or not.

Yep, impossible to keep Army ants. ;)

miszt: (22. Jun 2008 18:53)

well with an industral sized cricket farm and an area of about 1.2 square miles then its would be possible rotfl

for the first 6months that would probly be ok lol

Many Dorylinae are subterranian and its believed there are many species that we have not found yet because of this


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