What happens when you drop a spider in an ant colony?

For most spiders, they'd need to get out of there before they were overwhelmed, otherwise death is certain. The sheer number of ants can inflict a death of a thousand cuts. read more

If you drop a spider, whatever the spider size, it will run like hell, it will escape so quickly that the ants won't have the time to kill it. But if for some reason the spider can not run (for example you cover the colony with a box) the spider will be killed, how quickly will depend on the ant size, species and numbers and on the spider strength. read more