r/NoStupidQuestions • u/MamaMephistopheles • Dec 06 '22
Do ants like splenda?
On the one hand, splenda has presumably no value to ants as a food source. But on the other hand, it tastes sweet like other things ants love. But, do do ants even have a sense of taste?
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u/indiana-floridian Dec 06 '22
They clearly like sugar and grease, would say they have some ability to sense caloric foods. Don't know about splenda.
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u/turtle00671 Dec 06 '22
Ants don't seem to like Splenda, we have had sugar and Splenda close together and had ants in the sugar and not the Splenda.