- des graines.
- du pseudo-miellat (et éventuellement du bhatkar).
- des insectes.
Worker size polymorphism and ethological role of sting associated glands in the harvester ant Messor barbarus
Colonies were regularly fed on a diet of brown sugar solution (1 M) and mixed seeds (mainly canary grass and oats) and were supplemented twice a week with dead cockroaches (Periplaneta americana).
Influence of seed size and seed nature on recruitment in the polymorphic harvester ant Messor barbarus
Colonies were regularly fed a brown sugar solution (1 M) and a mix of seeds (canaryseed 36%, oat 33%, rapeseed 18%, millet 6%, hempseed 5%, linseed 3%), which were supplemented twice a week with cockroaches (Periplaneta americana).
Thelytokous worker reproduction and lack of Wolbachia infection in the harvesting ant Messor capitatus
They were fed with seeds, freshly killed insects and honey, water was provided by ad libitium.
How temperature infl uences displacements and corpse aggregation behaviors in the ant Messor sancta
Ants were given water in the form of moist cotton and fed ad libitum with seeds, a solid mixture of carbohydrates, vitamins and eggs (Bhatkar and Withcombs, 1970) and maggots.
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