All sugars ain't sweet: selection of particular mono-, di- and trisaccharides by western carpenter ants and European fire ants

Ants select sustained carbohydrate resources, such as aphid honeydew, based on many factors including sugar type, volume and concentration. We tested the hypotheses (H1–H3) that western carpenter ants, Camponotus modoc, seek honeydew excretions from Cinara splendens aphids based solely on the presen...

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Main Authors: Asim Renyard, Regine Gries, Jan Lee, Jaime M. Chalissery, Sebastian Damin, Robert Britton, Gerhard Gries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-08-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.210804