The Tiny Ants Who (might) Eat Spider Eggs
Behold "The Spider Egg Ant" (Proceratium) a strange-looking ant seldom seen though it's fairly widespread and common. They live in rotting logs, under bark, even under discarded (illegally dumped?!) asphalt tiles in the woods.
These ants are tiny. They'll eat things most ants enjoy, like sweets & dead insects, but they love spider eggs most.
In the lit, one guy claims their "tail curl" is to help hold eggs. Seems plausible, but needs more study IMO!
But, I just found another paper.
Spider egg ants don't always eat spider eggs, well at least in Japan. The controversy unfolds:
Abstract. In total, 107 colonies of the cryptic ant Proceratium itoi (Forel) were collected from an evergreen broad-leaved forest in central
