PREY OR FOOD SOURCE Fire ants consume many types of food. They are omnivores, feeding on sugars (carbohydrates), some oils containing polyunsaturated fatty acids, certain amino acids, and ions in solution. Although they primarily consume other arthropods and honeydew produced by some types of sucking insects (Hemiptera including aphids, scale insects, mealybugs, whiteflies and some others), they will also consume seeds and other plant parts such as developing or ripening fruit, and dead plant or
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essential nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) to their survival (Adlassnig 2011). In order to offset this fact, N. gracilis has adapted the ability to trap its animal prey and obtain those nutrients it lacks in its soil through its prey, consisting of arthropods (mostly ants). As ants climb onto the inner surface of N. gracilis, hoping to capture nectar, the ants slip and fall into the plant’s pitcher which consists of digestive fluids in order to kill its prey (Bauer 2012). Since N. gracilis lives in humid
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Literature Citation When writing a research paper, literature citation is important for the following two reasons: (1) to avoid plagiarism (which is against the student code of conduct and is grounds for failing the course) and (2) to assign proper authority to a statement (this adds weight to your paper). You may use any style of literature citation as long as the proper authorities are cited in the text and full references are provided at the end of your paper. Here is an example of a style that
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Biology 3.1 Internal Introduction: Porcellio scaber or the slater, as it is commonly called, belongs to the Isopoda order and is a part of the arthropod class Crustacea. Where most Crustacean relatives of the slater are marine, such as the water flea or the lobster, slaters have become fully terrestrial with seven pairs of legs and a flat, segmented body which they can roll up in for safety. P. scaber is commonly found in New Zealand despite being native to Europe. Slaters tend to live in dark
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It consumes a wide variety of foods, including grains, seeds, arthropods, and decaying matter, including vertebrate corpses. Like all ants, gracilipes requires a protein-rich food source for the queen to lay eggs and carbohydrates as energy for the workers. They get their carbohydrates from plant nectar and honeydew
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tissue 3 Vertebrate anatomy 3.1 Fish anatomy 3.2 Amphibian anatomy 3.3 Reptile anatomy 3.4 Bird anatomy 3.5 Mammal anatomy 3.5.1 Human anatomy 4 Invertebrate anatomy 4.1 Arthropod anatomy 5 Other branches of anatomy 6 History 6.1 Ancient 6.2 Medieval to early modern 6.3 Late modern 7 See also 8 Notes 9 Bibliography 10 External links Definition Human compared to elephant
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Architeuthis dux’ full body length includes its head, body, feeding tentacles, and arms. The Giant Squid is considered to be the largest animal in a few areas: it is the largest known invertebrate, mollusk, and Cephalopod (Vaughan). The largest Giant Squid that has been found was around 43 feet long and weighed around a ton, and the females appear to be around ten feet longer than males, some scientists believe that that is because there are eight different species of giant squid (“Giant Squid”;
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azteca (personal observation) The H. azteca have two pigmented eyes situated in between two antennas to aid the amphipod detect light and convert the waves into chemical reactions in the neurons by the ganglia of the amphipod. Similarly to other arthropods, H. azteca is segmented into three primary categories—head, thorax and abdomen, with the addition of a tail. The head, thorax and abdomen are part of the chitinous
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Earthworms When an earthworm is dissected, the intestine can be seen in the cross-section anterior to the gizzard. An earthworm’s digestive system includes the gizzard, intestine, crop, esophagus, and pharynx. When an earthworm eats, organic matter along with soil enters its mouth and goes through the pharynx. Next it passes through the esophagus, and is then stored in the crop before moving into the gizzard. In the gizzard, the soil eaten by the earthworm grinds its food completely. Finally
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BIODIVERSITY Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life. This can refer to genetic variation, species variation, or ecosystem variation within an area, biome, or planet. Terrestrial biodiversity tends to be highest at low latitudes near the equator, which seems to be the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. Marine biodiversity tends to be highest along coasts in the Western Pacific, where sea surface temperature is highest and in mid-latitudinal band in all oceans. Biodiversity
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