yes they eat both dead and alive organisms [[kaylie]]
Most likely no.
If it is bigger than usual it is a red carpenter ant even regular red ants have black on their abdomen. It is a stinger it just blends in with black ants.
i belive you do i was going to get it but its small
if there is a small gap the very smal ants can escape but ants like lasius Niger (average garden ant,black and fast)cant get through small gaps