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    The meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus), also known as the gravel ant or southern meat ant, is a species of ant endemic to Australia. A member of the genus...
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    The ant's diet includes sweet secretions that are retrieved from aphids and other insects that it tends. This species is a competitor of the meat ant (Iridomyrmex...
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    purpureus (meat ant) Lasius neglectus Lepisiota Lepisiota canescens Lepisiota frauenfeldi Lepisiota incisa Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) Monomorium...
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    The green-head ant (Rhytidoponera metallica) is a species of ant that is endemic to Australia. It was described by British entomologist Frederick Smith...
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    Honeypot ants, also called honey ants, are ants which have specialized workers (repletes, plerergates, or rotunds) that consume large amounts of food to...
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    Iridomyrmex (category Ant genera)
    meat ant (I. purpureus) mounds as a method of disposing of them; meat ants consume the carcass and reduce it to bones in a matter of weeks. Meat ants...
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    Nuptial flight is an important phase in the reproduction of most ant, termite, and some bee species. It is also observed in some fly species, such as...
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    Myrmecology (redirect from Ant scientist)
    from Greek: μύρμηξ, myrmex, "ant" and λόγος, logos, "study") is a branch of entomology focusing on the study of ants. Ants continue to be a model of choice...
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    Argentine ant, immigrant pavement ant, yellow crazy ant, banded sugar ant, pharaoh ant, red wood ant, black carpenter ant, odorous house ant, red imported...
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    Doody et al. 2009, pp. 46–53. On snake populations see Shine 2009, p. 20. Meat Ant. Australian Environmental Pest Managers Association (AEPMA) (accessed July...
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    and copper giant sculpture of a meat ant - in a reference to its former junior football team, named the "Mighty Meat Ants". In the 2006 census, the town...
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    Goat meat is the meat of the domestic goat (Capra hircus). The term 'goat meat' denotes meat of older animals, while meat from young goats is called 'kid...
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    and toads have natural reflexes to avoid the meat ants, the cane toads do not tend to try to escape the ants, rather standing still when attacked waiting...
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  • most states, and the habitats of the ant may be similar to the preferences of the Meat ant species. The name of the ant derives from the Latin language, and...
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    of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Shattuck in 1993, the ant is endemic to Australia and resembles a similar appearance to the Meat ant (Iridomyrmex...
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    pollinated by one species of insect. The acacia ant (Pseudomyrmex ferruginea) is an obligate plant ant that protects at least five species of "Acacia"...
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    A meat chop is a cut of meat cut perpendicular to the spine, and usually containing a rib or riblet part of a vertebra and served as an individual portion...
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    Cat meat is meat prepared from domestic cats for human consumption. Some countries serve cat meat as a regular food, whereas others have only consumed...
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  • (1985). "Colony founding, queen dominance and oligogyny in the Australian meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 18 (1): 45–58...
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    dish has bits of ground meat clinging to noodles, evoking an image of ants walking on twigs. The dish consists of ground meat, such as pork, cooked in...
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    any of various food preservation and flavoring processes of foods such as meat, fish and vegetables, by the addition of salt, with the aim of drawing moisture...
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    January 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2023. Arthur, Chrissy (30 March 2011). "Giant ant to put outback Qld 'on the map'". ABC News. Archived from the original on...
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  • Tenderness is a quality of meat gauging how easily it is chewed or cut. Tenderness is a desirable quality, as tender meat is softer, easier to chew, and...
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    Whale meat, broadly speaking, may include all cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) and all parts of the animal: muscle (meat), organs (offal), skin...
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    Myrmecia gulosa, the red bull ant, also known as the giant bull ant or "hoppy joe", is a species of bulldog ant from the genus Myrmecia. It is abundant...
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    Crab meat or crab marrow is the meat found within a crab, or more specifically in the leg of a crab. It is used in many cuisines around the world for...
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    Ant mimicry or myrmecomorphy is mimicry of ants by other organisms; it has evolved over 70 times. Ants are abundant all over the world, and potential predators...
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    Antlion (redirect from Ant lion)
    of its dual nature – the lion nature of the father could only eat meat, but the ant half from the mother could only eat grain chaff, thus the offspring...
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    Kangaroo meat is produced in Australia from wild kangaroos and is exported to over 61 overseas markets. Kangaroo meat is sourced from the four main species...
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    Alligator meat is the meat from alligators that is for consumption. It has been used both historically and in contemporary times in various cuisines of...
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