Parasitic crickets hide in ant colonies without being caught: Parasitic crickets survive in dangerous ant colonies using genius dodging and distancing moves while staying hidden in safe spots.
#ParasiticCrickets #AntColonies #InquilineBehavior #SurvivalStrategies #Entomology #EarthDotCom #Earth
The advantage of #GeneticDiversity: Genetically diverse #AntColonies tend to be more productive and raise more offspring, presumably due to improved division of labor www.uni-mainz.de/presse/aktuell/14267_ENG... #ants #SocialEvolution #BehavioralEcology
Life expectancy of tapeworm-infected worker #ants is significantly higher than that of their uninfected nest-mates and resembles that of ant queens www.uni-mainz.de/presse/aktuell/13673_ENG... #SocialInsects #AntColonies #temnothorax #SocialEvolution...
Ant responses to social isolation resemble those of humans: Social isolation results in changes of behavior + activity of immune and stress genes www.uni-mainz.de/presse/aktuell/13410_ENG... #ants #SocialInsects #BehavioralEcology #themnothorax #AntColonies...
Arms race between #ant societies: Gene activity in defenders depends on invading slavemaking #ants www.uni-mainz.de/presse/aktuell/7703_ENG_... #SocialInsects #AntColonies #BehavioralEcology #BroodParasites #parasitism #temnothorax #biology #GeneExpression...
