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Newly discovered ant behaviour could help protect against coffee berry borers

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Amber colored ants, Wasmannia auropunctata or electric ants, nest inside a coffee berry that had been previously occupied by coffee berry borers. Image: Jonathan R. Morris. A researcher from the University of Michigan has identified a never-before-documented ant behaviour that could protect coffee plants from berry borers, one of the industry’s most damaging pests. Ants are known to be effective biological control agents against coffee berry borers, with some species preying on adult female cof…

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