AN UNUSUAL ANT DIET - CATAGLYPHIS FLORICOLA FEEDING ON PETALS

Authors
CERDA X RETANA J CARPINTERO S CROS S
Citation
X. Cerda et al., AN UNUSUAL ANT DIET - CATAGLYPHIS FLORICOLA FEEDING ON PETALS, Insectes sociaux, 43(1), 1996, pp. 101-104
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Entomology
Journal title
Insectes sociaux → ACNP
ISSN journal
00201812
Volume
43
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
101 - 104
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-1812(1996)43:1<101:AUAD-C>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
C. floricola is an endemic species from the southern Iberian Peninsula which collects large amounts of Halimium halimifolium petals. Laborat ory and field observations confirm that both workers and larvae feed o n these petals, which represent an important food resource for C. flor icola colonies. This petal consumption is a very unusual ant diet.