What is good food for ants in my Ant Farm?
It depends on the species of ants you’ve chosen since different species like different things. Most ants will eat some kind of sugar mixed with water (e.g., honey, sugar, maple syrup, etc.). It is a good idea to add a little bit of powdered multivitamin or mineral tablets to this mixture. Also, most (not all) ants appreciate pieces of insects etc. Species of leaf-cutter ants actually consume the fungi they grow on the leaves they bring into the nest. They don’t eat the leaves, but they do need fresh leaves to grow the fungi on! Harvester ants require seeds. When it comes to feeding, I find the key element is not to add the food to the terrarium but to have a foraging zone for the ants. This will allow you to be able to clean the foraging zone if mold occurs etc. From page 219 of the Book, “Journey to the Ants” by Holldobler & Wilson, the following is reported: “To feed ants in the laboratory, we employ the Bhatkar diet (named after it’s inventor, Awinash Bhatkar), which is prepared as
