Claim · #6496057
Momordica charantia · provides alternative prey · Formicidae (family)
provides alternative prey · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“presence of honey dew, which is often attended by ants”
- Source
- International Cooperators' Guide: Procedures for Bitter Gourd Variety Field Trials
- Authors
- Dhillon N.P.S., Lin L.-J., Srimat S., Laenoi S., Ramasamy S., Kenyon L., Sheu Z.-M., Mecozzi M.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- World Vegetable Center publication #17-820
- Page
- 9
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ant attendance on aphid honeydew is a classic mutualism; mechanism and low impact reasonable.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Ants tending aphids for honeydew is a well-documented hemipteran-formicid mutualism.”
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