@datarama @futurebird @u0421793 That would be the conversion of food security to power. And now we're back to warring over resources like attines.
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"Two Common Ponerine Ants of Possible Economic Significance”@datarama @futurebird I try to grow roses. Aphids are my nightmare. No chemicals, though. Ladybugs are best bugs!
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"Two Common Ponerine Ants of Possible Economic Significance”@datarama @futurebird Oh! Like keeping a bit of my sourdough starter to make more sourdough starter. So that specific fungi is also dispersed by them?
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"Two Common Ponerine Ants of Possible Economic Significance”@futurebird @datarama So these particular ants could not live without their fungi? The fungi has been subjected to selection, but have the ants?
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"Two Common Ponerine Ants of Possible Economic Significance”@datarama @futurebird This is fascinating. So they are in an exclusive symbiosis? In human crops, new cultivars have to be continuously developed to sustain viability and nutrition, while heirloom varieties do not have this vulnerability. Has this fungus evolved in result to its cultivation?
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"Two Common Ponerine Ants of Possible Economic Significance”@futurebird This is the most entertaining thread I've read this morning. But I do have a question. In the attached photo is a reference to "fungus-growing ants." I wonder if any of those particular species affect mycorrhizal networks either positively or negatively?