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  "abstract": "In social insects, colony nutritional demands modulate foraging, but the underlying sensory mechanisms remain unclear. We tested whether brood presence and stored protein food alter the responsiveness of Temnothorax longispinosus ant foragers to chemical extracts of dead flies. Colonies were assigned to treatments varying brood and food cues, and foragers were tested in behavioral choice assays. Neither brood nor stored food altered workers' preference for fly extracts suggesting that changes in protein-foraging preferences are not mediated by altered individual responsiveness to the hexane-soluble fraction of dead flies, and that recognition of carcasses as protein resources may depend on additional cues.",
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      "name": "Laiba Ali"
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      "name": "Jaha Hughes"
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      "name": "Philip Kohlmeier"
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  "pdf_url": "https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13741017?pdf=render",
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  "published": "2026-10-21",
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  "title": "Brood presence and stored food do not modulate forager responsiveness to hexane extracts of insect carcasses in Temnothorax ants.",
  "title_text": "Brood presence and stored food do not modulate forager responsiveness to hexane extracts of insect carcasses in Temnothorax ants.",
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