Laboratory investigations of the trail-following responses of four species of leaf-cutting ants with notes on the specificity of a trail pheromone of Atta texana (Buckley)

Abstract

Interspecific trail following activity of poison sac contents from four species of leaf-cutting ants was investigated. with only one exception, all the species teste followed trails made from each others poison sac contents. however when the ants were given a choice of following one of two separate trails, clear differences were shown in the poison sac contents of the three species tested. The response of 24 species of ants and one species of termite to an Atta texan (Buckley) trail pheromone were tested.

Citation

Robinson, S. W.; Moser, John C.; Blum, M. S.; Amante, E. 1974. Laboratory investigations of the trail-following responses of four species of leaf-cutting ants with notes on the specificity of a trail pheromone of Atta texana (Buckley). Insectes Vol. 21(1): 87-94