Ants and Flowers

1 March 1978

journal article
research article
Published by JSTOR in Biotropica

Vol. 10 (1) , 80
https://doi.org/10.2307/2388117

Abstract

Ants are attracted to and utilize sugar-rich extra-floral nectars, homopteran exudates and broken fruits, but will not utilize floral nectar. Several theories concerning this are proposed. The possibility of toxic or repugnant chemicals in the nectar is discussed.

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