Daily energy intake and expenditure of the weaver ant Polyrhachis simplex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collecting honeydew from the cicada Oxyrrhachis versicolor (Homoptera: Membracidae)

M. Gersani; A. A. Degen

doi:10.1016/s0140-1963(18)31007-3

Daily energy intake and expenditure of the weaver ant Polyrhachis simplex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collecting honeydew from the cicada Oxyrrhachis versicolor (Homoptera: Membracidae)

M. Gersani, A. A. Degen

The French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

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On a tamarisk tree Tamarix mannifera which had an ant nest at its base, there were 750 ants collecting honeydew; there was a ratio of ants:cicadas of c1:1. Each ant made 6 trips from the nest to the cicada clusters and each trip required c2hr. Daily energy expenditure per ant was 1.51-1.68 J; total expenditure for all 750 ants was 1.13-1.26kJ/day. Honeydew intake per trip was 0.54mg dry matter or 10.51 J, and the total energy brought into the nest was 37.37kJ/day. Total energy expenditure of the ants was only 2.4-2.7% of the total intake and 97.3-97.7% remained for social life and for larval development and queen reproduction. -from Authors

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-80
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Arid Environments
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-1963(18)31007-3
State	Published - 1 Jan 1988

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Daily energy intake and expenditure of the weaver ant Polyrhachis simplex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collecting honeydew from the cicada Oxyrrhachis versicolor (Homoptera: Membracidae)

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