Carpenter ants don't actually eat the wood they tunnel in, but chew it using their considerable jaw strength to make a gallery of tunnels and chambers. Sometimes a man-made structure like a deck, shed or even a house becomes a target.
Carpenter ants and other large ants are the primary food of Giant anteaters. They usually ignore termites, army ants, and other species with large jaws.
* carpenter ants (Campanotus spp.)
* yellow jackets (Vespula spp.)
* bees (Apidae)
* termites (Isoptera).
Diet in the Wild: Carpenter ants make up most of its diet, but this bird will also consume wood-boring beetle larvae, termites, caterpillars, fruits, berries and nuts.
Life Span
Generally 10+ years ...
FEEDING HABITS: Carpenter ants and beetle larvae are the primary food sources. They will also eat other insects, fruits, and nuts.
Supported by their stiff tails, they cling vertically to tree trunks, progressing upward in short hops, circling the tree while exploring crevices for spiders and small insects, especially carpenter ants.
A large part of its diet is made up of carpenter ants and beetle larvae. It uses its sharp bill to pull bark off a tree to expose ant colonies. It uses its long, sticky tongue to poke into holes and drag out the ants.
Pileated woodpeckers forage for their favorite meal, carpenter ants, by digging large, rectangular holes in trees. These holes can be so large that they weaken smaller trees or even cause them to break in half.
Diet
Ants (especially, carpenter ants) and beetles; other insects; wild fruits and berries; nuts.
Woodpeckers
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker ...
Diet: A large part of their diet is made up of carpenter ants and beetles. It also eats fruits and nuts. It uses its shark like bill to pull bark off trees to find ant colonies. It then uses its long tongue to poke into holes and drag out ants.
They are known to feed upon nest contents of wild bees, carpenter ants and other insects, manzanita berries, coffee berries, wild cherry, poison oak, apples, pine nuts, acorns, clover, grass, roots, fish, carrion, and garbage about camps.
What They Eat
Although pileated woodpeckers eat insects, fruits, berries, and nuts, carpenter ants are their favorite. These ants make nests in rotting trees and stumps, and are captured deep inside their tunnels by the pileated's long tongue.
Carnivore. Leaf cutter ants, carpenter ants, termites, and grubs.
Predators and Threats
Pumas, jaguars, and humans.
Breeders switch to a diet of mainly sap and ants—particularly carpenter ants (Crematogaster sp.) and wood ants (Formica sp.)—during the nestling period.
On the other hand, they can become pests when they invade homes, yards, gardens and fields. Carpenter ants damage wood by hollowing it out for nesting.
The woodpecker feeds by using its bill to hammer on dead trees to dig out carpenter ants and wood-boring grubs.[2] ...
FOOD:
The Florida bear is an omnivore and enjoys a wide variety of foods, including berries, acorns and fruits. They also eat insects, such as carpenter ants and termites, as well as armadillos and carrion.
Insects eaten included carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.), forest ants (Formica spp.), other ants (Lasius spp., Tapinoma spp., and Aphaenogaster spp.), and yellowjackets (Vespula spp. and Dolichovespula spp.) [37].
Hymenoptera species often have a social structure, which includes workers, males and a queen. The honey bee, Apis mellifera, is tended by bee keepers around the world. The carpenter ant, Camponotus pennsylvanicus, is often found in decaying wood.
Diet: Mostly carpenter ants, as well as beetles, insect larvae, wild berries and acorns.
Backyard Favorites: Suet in feeders, located at least 10 feet above the ground on the trunk of a mature tree in wooded habitat.
Maehr and Brady (1984) found that colonial species like honey bees (Apis mellifera), yellow jackets (Vespula spp.), bumble bees (Bombus bimaculatus), and carpenter ants (Campanotus spp.) were among the major species of insects consumed in Florida.
 See also: Yellow Jacket, Yellow jack, Formicidae, Honey Bee, Hornet
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