What do ants eat?: Quick Facts

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A group of reddish ants surrounds and works together to carry a dead insect across the forest floor.

Several ants walk among clusters of yellow-green aphids on a fuzzy plant stem, tending the aphids and collecting honeydew.

Leafcutter ants walking in a line along a branch, each carrying a piece of green leaf above their heads.

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