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An unusual ant diet:Cataglyphis floricola feeding on petals |
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| Authors: | X. Cerdá J. Retana S. Carpintero S. Cros |
| Affiliation: | (1) Laboratoire d'Ethologie Expériméntale et Comparée (URA CNRS 667), Université Paris Nord, Av. J. B. Clément, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France;(2) Unitat d'Ecologia and CREAF, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain;(3) Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Córdoba, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain |
| Abstract: | Summary C. floricola is an endemic species from the southern Iberian Peninsula which collects large amounts ofHalimium halimifolium petals. Laboratory and field observations confirm that both workers and larvae feed on these petals, which represent an important food resource forC. floricola colonies. This petal consumption is a very unusual ant diet. |
| Keywords: | Cataglyphis floricola diet food resources petal consumption |
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