Ontogenetic Analysis of Care Behaviour of Ant Egg Nests
- Synopsis
- Examines the development of pupal cocoon recognition in the brood-nursing behaviour of ants ('Formica spp.). Shows experimental procedures that purport to demonstrate that 1) recognition is not innate but depends on experience during the first two weeks after adult emergence 2) the worker can be made experimentally to prefer the cocoons of other species 3) the relevant stimuli are both tactile and chemical. The significance for rearing of hetero-specific pupae in slave-making species is very briefly touched upon.
- Language
- English
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 22 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1974
- Availability
- OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
- Uses
- Advanced undergraduate courses in insect social behaviour.*
- Subjects
- Biology
- Keywords
- animal behaviour; ants; insects
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Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
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