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Posted by: Cable_Hogue at Sat Sep 17 08:10:16 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Cable_Hogue ]

Hey Paul,

Could you share the title of that Montanucci paper? Was it just a suggestion or part of an actual study?

I have heard it is an acid they need, but it would seem (and hopefully Gordon can comment) that Pogonomyrmex (many HL's main diet) do not have acids to any significant degree. The sting components are proteins which the HL has adapted to and can neutralize with it's own blood components. The lack of these proteins in the diet I hear are what build up in the HL when ants are not fed and MAY be the cause of health decline.

More info is needed here for sure.

Thanks
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