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camponotus-floridanus-trophallaxis

Published at 410 × 400 in Kiss and Tell: How Ants Communicate Mouth-to-Mouth

Ants may do more than exchange food via trophallaxis.

The exchange of fluid via mouth-to-mouth trophallaxis may play a role in colony-wide communication in social insects such as Camponotus floridanus. (Photo credit: Adria LeBoeuf)

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