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

1974 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Robinson ◽  
J. C. Moser ◽  
M. S. Blum ◽  
E. Amante
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Trail Following ◽  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Laboratory Investigations

scholarly journals Ants Sense, and Follow, Trail Pheromones of Ant Community Members

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime M. Chalissery ◽  
Asim Renyard ◽  
Regine Gries ◽  
Danielle Hoefele ◽  
Santosh Kumar Alamsetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Lasius Niger ◽  
Trail Following ◽  
Harvester Ants ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Trail Pheromones ◽  
Ant Community ◽  
Carpenter Ants ◽  
Electroantennographic Detection

Ants deposit trail pheromones that guide nestmates to food sources. We tested the hypotheses that ant community members (Western carpenter ants, Camponotus modoc; black garden ants, Lasius niger; European fire ants, Myrmica rubra) (1) sense, and follow, each other’s trail pheromones, and (2) fail to recognize trail pheromones of allopatric ants (pavement ants, Tetramorium caespitum; desert harvester ants, Novomessor albisetosus; Argentine ants, Linepithema humilis). In gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection analyses of a six-species synthetic trail pheromone blend (6-TPB), La. niger, Ca. modoc, and M. rubra sensed the trail pheromones of all community members and unexpectedly that of T. caespitum. Except for La. niger, all species did not recognize the trail pheromones of N. albisetosus and Li. humilis. In bioassays, La. niger workers followed the 6-TPB trail for longer distances than their own trail pheromone, indicating an additive effect of con- and hetero-specific pheromones on trail-following. Moreover, Ca. modoc workers followed the 6-TPB and their own trail pheromones for similar distances, indicating no adverse effects of heterospecific pheromones on trail-following. Our data show that ant community members eavesdrop on each other’s trail pheromones, and that multiple pheromones can be combined in a lure that guides multiple species of pest ants to lethal food baits.

Identification of the Trail Pheromone of a Leaf-cutting Ant, Atta texana

Nature ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 234 (5328) ◽  
pp. 348-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. TUMLINSON ◽  
R. M. SILVERSTEIN ◽  
J. C. MOSER ◽  
R. G. BROWNLEE ◽  
J. M. RUTH
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Atta Texana ◽  
Leaf Cutting

Chemical and behavioural studies of the trail-following pheromone in the leaf-cutting ant Atta opaciceps, Borgmeier (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rousseau da Silva Campos ◽  
Adriana de Lima Mendonça ◽  
Cyro Rêgo Cabral ◽  
Lucie Vaníčková ◽  
Ruth Rufino Do Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Trail Following ◽  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Atta Opaciceps

scholarly journals Perceptual differences in trail-following leaf-cutting ants relate to body size

2007 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 1233-1241 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.J. Kleineidam ◽  
W. Rössler ◽  
B. Hölldobler ◽  
F. Roces
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Trail Following ◽  
Perceptual Differences ◽  
Leaf Cutting

scholarly journals Preferences and differences in the trail pheromone of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens sexdens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

2006 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. MORGAN ◽  
Sarah J. KEEGANS ◽  
Jozef TITS ◽  
Tom WENSELEERS ◽  
Johan BILLEN
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Atta Sexdens ◽  
Leaf Cutting

scholarly journals Trail following Learning by Young Myrmica rubra Workers (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Claire Cammaerts
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Trail Following ◽  
Myrmica Rubra ◽  
One Year

Ants use chemical trails, laid down on the ground, for recruiting congeners and helping them to return to the nest. The present work shows that young ants, less than one year old, though obviously reacting to the trail pheromone, are unable to efficiently follow a trail. These young ants begin to better walk along a trail when being in presence of trail following older congeners. Later on, they can by themselves rather efficiently follow a trail. Queens removed from their nest correctly move along a trail. The knowledge of the trail pheromone is thus native, while the trail following behavior is both partly native and partly learned. The latter learning is rapid and may be induced and/or enhanced by older trail following nestmates.

Trail pheromone of the leaf-cutting ant,Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich), (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

1982 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1119-1124 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Cross ◽  
Janet R. West ◽  
Robert M. Silverstein ◽  
Alan R. Jutsum ◽  
J. Malcolm Cherrett
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Acromyrmex Octospinosus ◽  
Leaf Cutting

A volatile trail pheromone of the leaf-cutting ant, Atta texana

1972 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 809-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.H. Tumlinson ◽  
J.C. Moser ◽  
R.M. Silverstein ◽  
R.G. Brownlee ◽  
J.M. Ruth
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Atta Texana ◽  
Leaf Cutting
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