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Allogrooming, self-grooming, and touching behavior: Contamination routes of leaf-cutting ant workers using a fat-soluble tracer dye
(2017-06-09)
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 purpose, a tracer (Sudan III dye) was applied ...
Allogrooming, Self-grooming, and Touching Behavior as a Mechanism to Disperse Insecticides Inside Colonies of a Leaf-Cutting Ant
(2022-02-01)
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 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). However, ...
The role of workers in transferring queen substances and the differences between worker castes in the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
(2006-09-26)
The present study focused on the relationship between the queen and workers in Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus colonies mediated by the possible transfer of substances from the fertile to the sterile caste. The queens ...
The role of workers in transferring queen substances and the differences between worker castes in the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
(2006-09-26)
The present study focused on the relationship between the queen and workers in Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus colonies mediated by the possible transfer of substances from the fertile to the sterile caste. The queens ...
The trade-off between the transmission of chemical cues and parasites: behavioral interactions between leaf-cutting ant workers of different age classes
(Soc Brasileira Entomologia, 2017-01-01)
Social animals are faced with an intriguing dilemma. On the one hand, interactions between individuals are essential to exchange information and to promote cohesion, while on the other hand such interactions carry with ...
Aplicação de modelos de agentes e redes complexas na caracterização e estudo da interação entre insetos sociais, com enfoque em formigas
(Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), 2012-03-01)
Insetos sociais são conhecidos pela capacidade que possuem de gerar comportamentos coletivos robustos a partir de informações limitadas ao nível de indivíduo, sem que haja um controle central. Esta propriedade de geração ...
Aplicação de modelos de agentes e redes complexas na caracterização e estudo da interação entre insetos sociais, com enfoque em formigas
(Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), 2012-03-01)
Insetos sociais são conhecidos pela capacidade que possuem de gerar comportamentos coletivos robustos a partir de informações limitadas ao nível de indivíduo, sem que haja um controle central. Esta propriedade de geração ...
Aplicação de modelos de agentes e redes complexas na caracterização e estudo da interação entre insetos sociais, com enfoque em formigas
(Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2014)
Contamination routes and mortality of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by the insecticides fipronil and sulfluramid through social interactions
(2021-01-01)
BACKGROUND: Leaf-cutting ants (LCAs) of the genera Atta and Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are important pests of forest plantations, agriculture and livestock. Toxic baits containing the active ingredients fipronil ...