Factors affecting brood cannibalism in laboratory colonies of the imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

We examined the effects of nutrition, access to brood by the workers, starvation, and use of${\rm CO}_{2}$anesthesia on brood cannibalism in Solenopsis invicta Buren. To measure these effects, worker ants were subjected to different feeding regimes and placed with larvae and queens. Larvae were eith...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 1983-04, Vol.56 (2), p.140-150
Hauptverfasser:	Sorensen, A.A, Busch, T.M, Vinson, S.B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ants Food Formicidae Honey bee colonies Insect brood Insect colonies Insect larvae Insects Pupae Pupation Solenopsis invicta Worker insects
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