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[mzfckr]

i found a post where a guy says : my ants eat fresh garden peas (yes, peas - they love them!)

anybody has tried it?

[badman]

I've fed peas to both Camponotus ligniperda and herculaneus. Both colonies are very small, but they both seemed interested in peas. I don't know whether they like to eat them or drink from them, hopefully when my colonies are larger I will be able to tell how much of it they actually eat.

[mzfckr]

you gave the peas fresh?

[badman]

i just give them frozen peas. They only take about 10 minutes to defrost anyway. Take whats left out after 2 days

[JimmyVe]

Peas, strange but possible, most ants eat also fruits so you could try it out.

[badman]

i got the idea from this site ^^

[KiamCameron]

lasius flavus are eating them im going to try some peas for my colony

[SteveUK28]

Just wondering.. but do u actually cook the peas first.. Its just that when they defrost.. they are like well solid..

[mzfckr]

there are peas in cans.

[JimmyVe]

Are they actually eating from the pea ? Ore are they just drinking from the water that comes from the pea defrosting ?

[badman]

just cut teh peas in half, probably works better with fresh peas. I'd guess they are drinking but im not sure, they definitely seem to prefer to drink from the pea if this is the case, maybe they gain some nutrition from the juice inside.

[moxi93]

i have a colony of 6 workersof ligni. i gave them forstedpeas and they like them...i think they drinkfrom them becasue i found holes in them and a bit "like withno air "

[KiamCameron]

Well my messor barbarus eat them as i see chunks of it missing from peas that i put in and when i open test tube some workers carrying a bit of pea still so those ants use them to store like they do with seeds:P they might drink them to im not sure about that cant really tell

[JimmyVe]

As a fact i don't think they really eat from them. They probably use the juice to drink from and maybe they will cut it in pieces but really eat from them, i don't think so.

[KiamCameron]

I think they eat them as i find no discarded bits of peas anywhere