Garden Pea's

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I just tried my Mymica Sabuleti with a pea for food.I figured they might need some greens.
I was amazed at how fast they eat it compared to how they normally feed.
I googled the pea and came up with this and it seems just right for protein and sugar plus other stuff !!!

Nutritional value[edit]
Peas are starchy, but high in fiber, protein, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin K, phosphorus, magnesium, copper, iron, zinc and lutein.[25] Dry weight is about one-quarter protein and one-quarter sugar.[26] Pea seed peptide fractions have less ability to scavenge free radicals than glutathione, but greater ability to chelate metals and inhibit linoleic acid oxidation.[27]

Cheers Paul :-)

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PS...
I did take off the skin to make things easier.

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Jan 29, 2016 16:17:59 GMT @myrm said:

Both my Lasius niger and Lasius umbratus like fresh (uncooked) garden peas.

Mine were cooked.I will try uncooked ones :-)

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Jan 29, 2016 19:32:44 GMT @dayshaddow said:

Now that's interesting and a bit unexpected  I have no fresh peas but I do have some frozen ones and I will be offering them to all my colony's tonight.Thanks guys   

Mine were cooked frozen ones and they went down a treat.
I put cooked and un cooked steak in tonight but the peas were still their preference :-)

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Jan 29, 2016 20:13:18 GMT @dayshaddow said:

The nigers were on it as soon as it hit the dinner bowl same as the cinerea's

Is the above about the honey water ??
How did the peas go ??
Cheers Paul.

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Jan 30, 2016 22:08:45 GMT @dayshaddow said:

It was the peas mate.they took to them the moment they were placed in.the following morning they had reduced it to a funky green sand.the messor colony managed to do much better ?

Great to hear that news.My wife says they are high in cholesterol and are not good if you suffer from high blood pressure.Not really sure if this applies to ants tho :-) :-)
Cheers Paul