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Formic acid (HCOOH), is secreted by ants, and the plant, nettle, - mostly as a mean for their own protection. Formic acid, also, has an antibacterial/antiseptic property, and is used by ants and various animals for that reason.
It is also used
- by a range of industries, (including textile, rubber, chemical and many others),
- as fumigant by beekeepers,
- as preservatives for food and fodder
- by homeopathy and alternative medicine.
What else can I help you with?
Why aphids are some times called the meadow ants cow?
Because ants treat aphids as cows - protect them from predators, graze them on plants and milk them for a sweet liquid.
What is a ants habitat?
An ants habitat is leaves and plants
How does humans effect driver ants in the rainforest?
they can kill the ants and the plants the ants eat with bulldozers
What liquid is found in ants and some plants such as stinging nettles and is still used in dying textiles?
Formic acid ,I didn't know it was a dye however
How are cows like aphids?
The two can both be herded and 'milked' . Cows are domesticated by humans whereas aphids are used by some ants for the sweet secretion that the aphid exudes .
Do yucca plants attract ants?
Yes, Yucca plants attract ants. This is because the plant produces a sweet-smelling substance called honeydew, which ants find attractive.
What insects eat desert plants?
There are a number of insects that feed on plants but the most numerous are locusts (grasshoppers) and ants, such as harvester ants.
Do ants eat cactus?
Ants typically do not eat cactus plants because they have a hard and spiky exterior that is difficult for ants to access and consume. However, ants may establish colonies near cactus plants to forage for food, such as nectar from flowers or honeydew produced by aphids that may infest the cactus.
What type of plants do ants eat?
leafs.
How energy gets from plants to an anteater?
Energy from plants go to feed the fungi that ants and termites cultivate. Then the ants and termites eat those fungi, receiving that energy. The anteaters than eats the ants or termites, and gets the energy that originally came from the plants.
Is ant squirt an acid or an alkali?
its formic acid...
What natural food does ants eat?
Ants usually eat sweets.The natural food that ants eat are oil, plants and dead insects.
