蜜露
外觀
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Ant_Receives_Honeydew_from_Aphid.jpg/220px-Ant_Receives_Honeydew_from_Aphid.jpg)
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蜜露是由蚜蟲等昆蟲吸食植物汁液時分泌出來一種含糖的粘性液體。當它們的口部穿透韌皮部時,含糖的高壓液體被迫離開蚜蟲的肛門[1]。一些灰蝶科的毛蟲和飛蛾也會產生蜜露[2]。
在馬達加斯加, 日行守宮屬中的某些壁虎物種會從下面接近樹樹幹上的扁平飛虱,並通過點頭行為誘使它們排泄蜜露。 [3]
參見[編輯]
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參考文獻[編輯]
- ^ Trophobiosis Between Formicidae and Hemiptera (Sternorrhyncha and Auchenorrhyncha): an Overview. (PDF). Neotropical Entomology. 2001, 30 (4): 501–516 [2020-12-02]. doi:10.1080/00222930150215378. (原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2015-09-24).
- ^ Ants feeding on anal exudate from tortricid larvae: a new type of trophobiosis. Journal of Natural History. 1986, 20 (5): 1041–1050. doi:10.1080/00222938600770751.
- ^ Geckos are milking honeydew-producing planthoppers in Madagascar. Journal of Natural History. February 2001, 35 (2): 279–84.