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Toxicity of hydramethylnon to the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa forel (hymenoptera: Formicidae)
(2013-08-05)
Since 2009, when sulfluramid was listed in annex B of the Stockholm Convention's Persistent Organic Pollutants, effort has been made to search for other active ingredients to use in baits for controlling leaf-cutting ants ...
Foraging behavior of leaf cutting ants: How do workers search for their food?
(2015-01-01)
Foraging behavior of leaf cutting ants: How do workers search for their food? Forager ants search for adequate food sources in nature and, after their discovery, they decide whether the source is suitable or not for the ...
Toxicity of hydramethylnon to the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa forel (hymenoptera: Formicidae)
(2013-08-05)
Since 2009, when sulfluramid was listed in annex B of the Stockholm Convention's Persistent Organic Pollutants, effort has been made to search for other active ingredients to use in baits for controlling leaf-cutting ants ...
Inhibition of the symbiotic fungus of leaf-cutting ants by coumarins
(2005-05-01)
Leaf-cutting ants are known to be a serious pest for agriculture due to the high amounts of vegetal matter from crops used by them in order to cultivate a symbiotic fungus on which they rely for food and enzymes. The ...
Communication or toxicity: What is the effect of cycloheximide on leaf-cutting ant workers?
(2017-12-01)
Leaf-cutting ants are insects that use plant material to grow fungus from which they feed. These fungus-growing ants perform various behavioral activities to establish an environment conducive to the fungus. Among these ...
Comparative morpho-physiology of the metapleural glands of two Atta leaf-cutting ant queens nesting in clayish and organic soils
(Elsevier B. V., 2015)
Queens of leaf-cutting ants found their nests singly, each consisting of a vertical tunnel and a final horizontal chamber. Because of the claustral mode of nest founding, the queen and/or her initial fungus garden are ...
Protein content of leaf-cutting ant queens before the nuptial flight and during the post-claustral phase
(Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia, 2014-12-01)
Protein content of leaf-cutting ant queens before the nuptial flight and during the post-claustral phase. This study evaluated the crude protein content of queens of Atta sexdens before the nuptial flight and after the ...
Winged leaf-cutting ants on nuptial flights used as transport by Attacobius spiders for dispersal
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2004-10-01)
1. Sexuals of a leaf-cutting ant, Atta bisphaerica Forel, left their nest for nuptial flights in October to December.2. When leaving a nest, 53 of the 479 winged sexuals (or alates) observed (11.1%) carried up to three ...
Winged leaf-cutting ants on nuptial flights used as transport by Attacobius spiders for dispersal
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2004-10-01)
1. Sexuals of a leaf-cutting ant, Atta bisphaerica Forel, left their nest for nuptial flights in October to December.2. When leaving a nest, 53 of the 479 winged sexuals (or alates) observed (11.1%) carried up to three ...