The meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus), also known as the gravel ant or southern meat ant, is a species of ant endemic to Australia. A member of the genus...
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The ant's diet includes sweet secretions that are retrieved from aphids and other insects that it tends. This species is a competitor of the meat ant (Iridomyrmex...
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purpureus (meat ant) Lasius neglectus Lepisiota Lepisiota canescens Lepisiota frauenfeldi Lepisiota incisa Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) Monomorium...
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Argentine ant, immigrant pavement ant, yellow crazy ant, banded sugar ant, pharaoh ant, red wood ant, black carpenter ant, odorous house ant, red imported...
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Nuptial flight (redirect from Flying ant day)
Nuptial flight is an important phase in the reproduction of most ant, termite, and some bee species. It is also observed in some fly species, such as...
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Honeypot ants, also called honey ants, are ants which have specialized workers (repletes, plerergates, or rotunds) that consume large amounts of food to...
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Iridomyrmex (category Ant genera)
meat ant (I. purpureus) mounds as a method of disposing of them; meat ants consume the carcass and reduce it to bones in a matter of weeks. Meat ants...
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Doody et al. 2009, pp. 46–53. On snake populations see Shine 2009, p. 20. Meat Ant. Australian Environmental Pest Managers Association (AEPMA) (accessed July...
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Myrmecology (redirect from Ant scientist)
from Greek: μύρμηξ, myrmex, "ant" and λόγος, logos, "study") is a branch of entomology focusing on the study of ants. Ants continue to be a model of choice...
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Goat meat is the meat of the domestic goat (Capra hircus). The term 'goat meat' denotes meat of older animals, while meat from young goats is called 'kid...
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