If a colony of ants eat a plant what percent of the plant's energy is passed on to them?

When ants consume a plant, they typically extract a small percentage of the plant's energy. In ecological terms, only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is transferred to the next, known as the 10% rule. Therefore, if ants eat a plant, they might receive around 10% of the energy that the plant originally obtained from sunlight through photosynthesis. The rest of the energy is lost through metabolic processes and other inefficiencies.