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Do prenolepis eat tiny insects like baby snails or those really small spiders if they're alive?

Started By MonkeyNugget , Aug 7 2022 10:04 AM

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#1 Offline MonkeyNugget - Posted August 7 2022 - 10:04 AM

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Will prenolepis ants actively hunt tiny baby worms and other small insects? I noticed that in the pot that the ants have dug in there are tiny white worms and little brown spiders about 1 mm small.

#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 7 2022 - 10:06 AM

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Those little spiders might be mites, which would be a bad sign.

My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Offline jayhautz - Posted August 7 2022 - 10:07 AM

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Will prenolepis ants actively hunt tiny baby worms and other small insects? I noticed that in the pot that the ants have dug in there are tiny white worms and little brown spiders about 1 mm small.

they might eat spiders if they find them but snails are too slimy and tough

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