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Ants Slurping Butt Acid

Started By Boog , Nov 17 2020 8:40 AM
formic formic acid acidopore formicine

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#1 Offline Boog - Posted November 17 2020 - 8:40 AM

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Fun title to type out! :blush:

 

Cool article about how formicine ants maintain high internal acidity levels due to acidopore grooming and how it may help with colony hygiene: https://www.sciencea...lves-from-germs


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#2 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 17 2020 - 9:43 AM

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10/10 Title. 


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Ant Keeping Since June 2018
Currently Keeping:
A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.

#3 Offline Devi - Posted November 17 2020 - 11:31 AM

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I was very confused and somewhat alarmed when reading this title.


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#4 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted November 17 2020 - 12:25 PM

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Hey could someone comment on what non-formicine ants do?


Formiculture Journals::

Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus, vicinus, quercicola

Liometopum occidentale;  Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and previously californicus

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

 

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.

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