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Preference and effect of gustatory sense on sugar-feeding of fire ants

BACKGROUND: The red imported fire ant is one of the notorious species of ants all over the world. Sugar is one of the most important components of food and necessary for the survival of ants. Because more than 70% food of fire ants is honeydew produced by Homopteran insects such as aphids and scales...

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Autores principales: Jaleel, Waqar, Li, Qunchen, Shi, Qingxing, LYU, Lihua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8364317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34447630
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11943