Ants farm root aphid clones in subterranean rooms

Monday, July 2, 2012 - 08:30 in Biology & Nature

The yellow meadow ant, Lasius flavus, farms root aphids for sugar (honeydew) and nitrogen (protein). In turn these species of [...]

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