Add to ORKGField bioassays were used to demonstrate that aggressive behavior of Polybia paulista (Ihering) workers is elicited by alarm pheromones present in the venom reservoirs of nest defenders and that the brood care pheromone (pupal odor) produced by the young inside the nest also plays an important defensive role. Pupal odor was extracted from the surface of pupa bodies with methanol. When bioassayed alone, the pupal odor elicited only attractiveness of workers towards the odor source, but no stinging attacks were observed. However, in the presence of alarm pheromones, the brood care pheromone potentiated the effect caused by the pupal odors, increasing the number of stinging attacks during an action of colony defense. Thus, the presence of pupa...
Guard honey bees patrol the entrance to the nest and are thought to recognise nestmates by cuticular...
Males of the hymenopteran parasitoid Pimpla disparis have been observed to aggregate on gypsy moth, ...
Key words: marking pheromone, oviposition deterring pheromone, oviposition behavior, animal communic...
The alarm behaviour of VespuZa vulgavLs workers at the nest entrance, and of vulgar"is and gevm...
To obtain an ample supply of study insects, we attempted to rear yellowjackets from spring-collected...
Guard honey bees patrol the entrance to the nest and are thought to recognise nestmates by cuticular...
Social wasps commonly exhibit impressive, pheromone-mediated nest defenses with stinging attacks on ...
19 pagesInternational audienceSince the beginning of the last century, the number of biological inva...
Most animals must defend themselves in order to survive. Defensive behaviour includes detecting pred...
19 pagesInternational audienceSince the beginning of the last century, the number of biological inva...
19 pagesInternational audienceSince the beginning of the last century, the number of biological inva...
Since the beginning of the last century, the number of biological invasions has continuously increas...
Since the beginning of the last century, the number of biological invasions has continuously increas...
Most animals must defend themselves in order to survive. Defensive behaviour includes detecting pred...
Guard honey bees patrol the entrance to the nest and are thought to recognise nestmates by cuticular...
Guard honey bees patrol the entrance to the nest and are thought to recognise nestmates by cuticular...
Males of the hymenopteran parasitoid Pimpla disparis have been observed to aggregate on gypsy moth, ...
Key words: marking pheromone, oviposition deterring pheromone, oviposition behavior, animal communic...
The alarm behaviour of VespuZa vulgavLs workers at the nest entrance, and of vulgar"is and gevm...
To obtain an ample supply of study insects, we attempted to rear yellowjackets from spring-collected...
Guard honey bees patrol the entrance to the nest and are thought to recognise nestmates by cuticular...
Social wasps commonly exhibit impressive, pheromone-mediated nest defenses with stinging attacks on ...
19 pagesInternational audienceSince the beginning of the last century, the number of biological inva...
Most animals must defend themselves in order to survive. Defensive behaviour includes detecting pred...
19 pagesInternational audienceSince the beginning of the last century, the number of biological inva...
19 pagesInternational audienceSince the beginning of the last century, the number of biological inva...
Since the beginning of the last century, the number of biological invasions has continuously increas...
Since the beginning of the last century, the number of biological invasions has continuously increas...
Most animals must defend themselves in order to survive. Defensive behaviour includes detecting pred...
Guard honey bees patrol the entrance to the nest and are thought to recognise nestmates by cuticular...
Guard honey bees patrol the entrance to the nest and are thought to recognise nestmates by cuticular...
Males of the hymenopteran parasitoid Pimpla disparis have been observed to aggregate on gypsy moth, ...
Key words: marking pheromone, oviposition deterring pheromone, oviposition behavior, animal communic...