Nest site selection by fire ant queens

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 1994 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Insectes Sociaux, volume 41, pages 331-333 (issn: 0020-1812, eissn: 1420-9098,

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Authors: M. Kaspari; E. L. Vargo;

doi: 10.1007/bf01242305

Nest site selection by fire ant queens

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We examined nest site selection by foundresses of the polygyne form ofSolenopsis invicta. In the laboratory, foundresses were allowed to nest in control soil vs. soil inoculated with refuse from a colony ofPheidole dentata, a natural enemy. In a second experiment foundresses chose between control andS. invicta soil. More foundresses (100%) avoided the soil of a natural enemy than the soil of a conspecific colony (79%) that may accept them into the nest. Foundresses from this polygyne ant appear to avoid other colonies in general, but avoid heterospecific colonies more.

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