[HTML][HTML] Allogrooming, self-grooming, and touching behavior: Contamination routes of leaf-cutting ant workers using a fat-soluble tracer dye
RS Camargo, C Puccini, LC Forti, CAO De Matos - Insects, 2017 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to determine whether worker self-grooming, allogrooming, and
direct contact promotes the dispersal of substances among members of the colony. For this …
direct contact promotes the dispersal of substances among members of the colony. For this …
Allogrooming, Self-grooming, and Touching Behavior as a Mechanism to Disperse Insecticides Inside Colonies of a Leaf-Cutting Ant
TMM Mota Filho, RS Camargo, LEP Stefanelli… - Neotropical …, 2022 - Springer
Toxic baits, containing the active ingredients sulfluramid or fipronil, are the main methods to
control leaf-cutting ants of the genera Atta Fabricius, 1805, and Acromyrmex Mayr, 1865 …
control leaf-cutting ants of the genera Atta Fabricius, 1805, and Acromyrmex Mayr, 1865 …
Do Atta sexdens rubropilosa workers prepare leaves and bait pellets in similar ways to their symbiotic fungus?
Leaf-cutting ants rely on the obligate symbiosis with a fungus, Leucoagaricus
gongylophorus, on which they feed. This fungus garden is maintained preferentially with …
gongylophorus, on which they feed. This fungus garden is maintained preferentially with …
To exchange or not to exchange liquid food: is that the question for foraging leaf‐cutting ant workers?
GC Catalani, RS Camargo… - Entomologia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf‐cutting ants forage fresh plants in the field to cultivate the symbiotic fungus in their
nests. The trophallaxis rates in leaf‐cutting ants may be related to liquid foraging behavior …
nests. The trophallaxis rates in leaf‐cutting ants may be related to liquid foraging behavior …
Food bodies of Cecropia pachystachya (Cecropiaceae) leaves: structural and functional features suggesting complementary role to Müllerian bodies
P Gonçalves-Souza, EAS Paiva - New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Cecropia pachystachya is a myrmecophyte which has domatia and nutritional resources
used by ants of the genus Azteca. In addition to Müllerian bodies, another type of structure …
used by ants of the genus Azteca. In addition to Müllerian bodies, another type of structure …