{"title":"A NOTE ON FOOD AND FORAGING IN RELATION TO TEMPERATURE IN THE MEAT ANT IRIDOMYRMEX PURPUREUS FORM VIRIDIAENEUS *","authors":"C. J. Mobbs, G. Tedder, A. Wade, R. Williams","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb00142.x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The foraging activity of the meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus form viridiaeneus is closely correlated with temperature in an arid environment. The ants feed on a wide range of plant and animal material, travelling up to 100 m to gather food.","PeriodicalId":8614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Entomology","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1978-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb00142.x","citationCount":"19","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Australian Journal of Entomology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb00142.x","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The foraging activity of the meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus form viridiaeneus is closely correlated with temperature in an arid environment. The ants feed on a wide range of plant and animal material, travelling up to 100 m to gather food.