Harvester ants are one of the most extensively studied groups of ants,especially the group foraging ants,Messor barbarus(Linnaeus,1767),which construct long-lasting trunk trails.Limited laboratory investigations have ...
supported by the Austrian Science Fund(FWF,grant number P 30861)awarded to F.M.S.
Aggression has multiple benefits and is often coupled with other behaviors("behavioral syndromes").The level of aggressiveness is influenced by an adaptive benefit-cost ratio suggesting that benefits should outweigh t...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC 2600404).
The little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata(Roger)is a major invasive species that seriously threatens the biodiversity of invaded areas.W.auropunctata was first reported in Chinese mainland in 2022 and its impact on n...
supported by funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31772233,32072491);Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation(161029);Chongqing Natural Science Foundation(cstc2019jcyj-zdxmX0034);Chongqing Young Talents Support Program and the China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA.
Olfaction plays an essential role in insect behavior such as host location,foraging,mating,and oviposition.The odorant receptor co-receptor(Orco)is an obligatory odorant receptor and indispensable in odor perception.H...
support from the Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche(IFAB);This study was financed by project BID PICT 2015-1150 provided by the "Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecno-logica"(Argentina),project PUE 00692018-IFAB and project B215 from the Universidad Nacional del Comahue,Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche.
Decisions made by foraging animals conform a complex process based on the integration of information from multiple external environmental stimuli and internal physiological signals,which in turn are modulated by indiv...
supported by the Pearl River S&T Nova Program of Guangzhou(201806010182).
Eusocial insects have evolved diverse particle-use behaviors.A previous study reported that red imported fire ants,Solenopsis invicta Buren,deposited soil particles on substances treated with essential balm,a fire ant...
The Grant Agency of Charles University(Grant GAUK 764119/2019);the Specific University Research Project Integrative An-imal Biology(Grant SVV 260434/2018)supported this research.
Parental care directed to adult offspring is uncommon in animals.Such parental care has been documented in Xylocopinae bees(Hymenoptera:Apidae).Moreover,some Ceratina bees(Xylocopinae)are known to feed mature siblings...
While foraging,Vespula germanica usually return to abundant food sites.During this relocation behavior,these wasps learn to identify contextual cues associated with food position.We analyzed associative blocking in th...
the Universidad Nacional del Comahue(CRUB)and INIBIOMA-CONICET.
The foraging strategy at abundant resources of the social wasp Vespula germanica includes scanning in the direction of the nest while memorizing resource-specific landmarks and contextual cues.In the present study,we ...
The authors acknowledge research support through the Centre for Fruit Fly Biosecurity Innovation,funded through the Australian Research CounciFs Industrial Transformation Training Centre Program(ARC ITTC).
Successfully locating a host plant is crucial for an insect herbivore to feed and/or oviposit.However,locating a host within a complex environment that may contain an array of different plant species is a difficult ta...