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Messor barbarus causes 50–100% of the seed losses and is the most common ant in arable fields in northeastern Spain (Westerman et al. 2012). These ants in particular made news headlines all over Spain when farmers believed they were stealing their seeds and began a cull only to realise they actually play a massive part of the ecosystem and benefit the production for crop farmers completely.
Messor: Forel 1890 110 Formica barbara: Messor barbarus [253] Metapone: Forel 1911 18 Metapone greeni: Metapone emersoni [254] Microdaceton: Santschi 1913 4 Microdaceton exornatum: Microdaceton exornatum [255] †Miosolenopsis: Zhang 1989 1 †Miosolenopsis fossilis — [43] Monomorium: Mayr 1855 372 Monomorium monomorium: Monomorium pharaonis ...
Messor is a genus of myrmicine ants with more than 100 species, all of which are harvester ants; the generic name comes from the Roman god of crops and harvest, Messor. The subterranean colonies tend to be found in open fields and near roadsides, openings are directly to the surface.
The vast Côtes du Rhône region encompasses nearly 86,000 acres of vines and produces about two-thirds of all Rhône Valley wine, by far more than any other appellation.
Messor capitatus are known as an Old World species because they release trail pheromones from the Dufour gland instead of from poison glands. [2] Messor capitatus are known as individual foragers that collect food independently of one another but sometimes will also use group foraging to form irregular, broad columns. [3]
It’s illegal to sell or buy, but casu marzu, a maggot-infested sheep milk cheese is a revered delicacy on the Italian island of Sardinia. Locals hope their unusual dairy product can shed its ...
I used to make cereal bars professionally, which is a sentence I imagine few people can say. Likely just me, a handful of bakers, and the folks at Kellogg's. It was one of the many regular items ...
V. pergandei has a head of equal length and width, with very large mandibles.It has short white or yellow hair and a large thorax.Males typically measure about 8.5 mm (0.33 in) and females about 10 mm (0.39 in). [1]