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Article: Stick insect eggs utilizing birds and ants

Started By OhNoNotAgain , May 26 2020 9:04 AM

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#1 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted May 26 2020 - 9:04 AM

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LocationCalifornia Argentine Ant Territory

Just heard about stick insect eggs today. In looking for an article with pictures, came across this one. Although most of the article discusses stick insect eggs and birds, the last bit is about ants. Figures some animals would utilize those handy ant trash piles:

https://theconversat...ike-seeds-98253

More about stick insect eggs and the capitula portion that lures the ants:

https://www.sciencem...nts-fatty-knobs

I guess if you want ants to take you home, just glue some food to yourself.

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