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Sociobiology, 2015 In nature, Atta cephalotes (L.) is a monogynous species. Each colony has a single, permanent queen fed and protected by thousands of sterile workers. At death the queen colony practically disappears.
Guillermo Sotelo +3 more
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Load size selection by foraging leaf‐cutter ants ( Atta cephalotes ) [PDF]
Ecological Entomology, 1986 ABSTRACT. Velocity of load‐carrying Atta cephalotes (L.) foragers increases with increasing ant size and decreasing load size.
RUDOLPH, SERI G, LOUDON, CATHERINE
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Entramado, 2019 I. La hormiga arriera está asociada a pérdidas en el sector agrícola, debido a su actividad defoliadora. El control de la especie se ha venido realizado artesanal, química y biológicamente, esta última con beneficios ambientales y de bajo riesgo para la ...
Fabián Felipe Fernández-Daza +4 more
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Monoculture of leafcutter ant gardens. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Leafcutter ants depend on the cultivation of symbiotic Attamyces fungi for food, which are thought to be grown by the ants in single-strain, clonal monoculture throughout the hundreds to thousands of gardens within a leafcutter nest.
Ulrich G Mueller +4 more
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XXIII.—Atta (Œcodoma) cephalotes, Latr.: “The Soldier” [PDF]
Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1896 n ...
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Light pulses flashed to Atta cephalotes face for control in fruit trees
Ingeniería Agrícola y Biosistemas, 2023 Introduction: Worker ants follow paths to fed their nest and their eyes require to adapt themselves under light intensity variations. Objective: This proposal aims to study the effect of different illumination techniques in a trail and force ants to change of trajectory before feeding from a tree.
Federico Hahn-Schlam +1 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2006 SE DESCRIBEN LA LARVA DE TERCER ESTADIO Y LAS PUPAS DE MACHO Y HEMBRA DE COELOSIS BILOBA (LINNÉ 1767) CON EJEMPLARES RECOLECTADOS EN COLOMBIA (CAUCA Y VALLE) Y EN MÉXICO (VERACRUZ) ASOCIADOS CON LOS HORMIGUEROS DE ATTA CEPHALOTES (LINNÉ 1750).
LUIS CARLOS PARDO LOCARNO +2 more
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Insects, 2020 Leaf-cutter ants are agricultural and urban pests that defy chemical control methods. Laboratory and field studies have revealed repellent and insecticidal activity by the extracts of Tithonia diversifolia (Asteraceae), known as Mexican sunflower, as a ...
Kriss D. Pantoja-Pulido +5 more
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Intropica, 2019 Dos nuevos casos de forrajeo cooperativo por parte de Paratemnoides nidificator (Balzan, 1888) en hormigas Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758) y Dolichoderus bispinosus (Oliver, 1792) son documentados.
Richard A. Torres +2 more
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Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2018 Objetivos. Aislar, seleccionar e identificar actinomicetos asociados a hormigas cortadoras de hojas Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758), que presenten mayor actividad anti-Candida. Materiales y métodos. Estudio transversal realizado en hormigas recolectadas
Cindy Abigail Gutierrez-Espinoza +1 more
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