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Log 1:Grape and Almond

I decided to experiment with my ant colony's diet.They are a colony is the species Camponotous Sayi.They eat standard ant stuff meal worms,honey etc.I wanted to change it up a bit so I decided to start a journal log for the experiments.From the title you likely can guess what i'm feeding them.Right now its almond and grape.I put it in but they haven't had much reaction.This is likely due to leftover food still in the colony.To get better results I will remove the leftovers soon.

RESULTS:
Colony of Camponotous Sayi prefers honey over all else.In second is meal worm and the almond comes in third.Last is grape which I have seen no ant feast on as of today.

I will update this log every time I conduct a new experiment.
I hope to hear from you in the future!

Log 1-3 days later results
The grape was dry and brown so I removed that and the almond seemed to have nibbles.
This shows me that once out of honey and mealworm my colony will go for the next best thing.In this case almonds and grape.
My ants favorite foods ranked

• Honey
  • • Mealworm
    • Grape
    • Almond

I have some suggestions for your experiments: seeds/nuts, bread, flavored sugar, fruits/vegetables, jam and various bugs. Also, you should give them some nectar and see if they like nectar more than honey.

Thank you for the suggestions!
I fed them watermelon and I believe they enjoyed it very much so water melon is on the same level as grape.

Hello I am back! Today I feed my ants some grass seeds and they LOVED it. Here is a updates list of their favorite food from most favorite to least favorite.

• Grass seed

• Mealworm

• Honey

• Watermelon

• Grape

• Almond

Just a reminder that they are Camponotous Sayi and other species may have different preferences. Experiment with your own colony! I wish you good luck with ant-keeping!