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Circumvention of prey defense by a predator: ant lion vs. ant.

The pit-dwelling ant lion Myrmeleon carolinus, although topically sensitive to formic acid, is able to prey on formic acid-spraying ants (Camponotus floridanus). It kills the ants without inducing them to spray, and it sucks out the ant's body contents without puncturing the acid sac. Ordinaril...

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Main Authors: Eisner, T, Baldwin, I T, Conner, J
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: 1993
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC47003/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11607414
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