-
metricus has
evolved eusociality and
demonstrates behaviors including nestmate discrimination and
local mate competition. Like
other hymenopterans, P...
- Boulay, R.; Lenoir, A. (2001). "Social
isolation of
mature workers affects nestmate recognition in the ant
Camponotus fellah".
Behavioural Processes. 55 (2):...
- they
react to
nestmate recognition and
queen adoption.
Monogynous colonies discriminate against, and will not adopt, any non-
nestmate female,
while polygynous...
- life, the ant will be
unable to be
distinguished as a
nestmate and
unable to
distinguish nestmates.
Recognition allows for the
presence of kin-specific...
-
fellow nestmates or
involuntarily altruistic behavior toward ants from a
foreign nest,
individual ants need to
distinguish between their fellow nestmates and...
-
nestmate recognition in
comparison to
monogynous species due to the
expected higher levels of
genetic diversity.
Because these colonies lack
nestmate...
- the galleries,
before returning by the
quickest route to
recruit its
nestmates to
conduct a raid.
While the
quickest route is
often also the shortest...
-
chemical signals (hydrocarbons)
picked up from the nest to
distinguish nestmates accurately from non-relatives. Morphologically, the
foundress and subordinate...
- that
belonged and
never once
turned away a
nestmate. They were
fooled by
approximately 8% of non-
nestmate bees who
sought to
enter the hive
which is quite...
- non-
nestmates and
nestmates,
which they
allow to p**** with ease. Foragers, though, are
either unable to
discriminate between nestmate and non-
nestmate conspecifics...
