Feeding dry dog food to ants

[UnrealSparks]

Yesterday I tried to feed my two Messor Barbarus colonies with some crushed dry dog food and they absolutely loved it! I just gave them a little amount though just for testing. Should I keep feeding them from time to time with it as a ***** or could it mold easily?

[DontSquishTheAnt]

I would feed one colony dog food, the other insects, and keep everything else the same between the colonies. Thus, you could set up a controlled experiment and see what happens. You do have to remember that ants mainly look for body fluids in their food, so I would suggest feeding them wet dog food, not dry.

[UnrealSparks]

Good idea! I'll test it in spring since they're now resting in my garage.

Thanks for the tips!

[antnest8]

I Tried dry food already on my camponotus they don't accept it (they treat it the same a dirt.)

[UnrealSparks]

Thanks for the information.
I'll check whether or not my Camponotus Barbaricus will like it in spring too.

[Zayltek]

My camponotus enjoyed dry catfood until about 15 workers, then they lumped it with their trash.