The use of light to enhance weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) queen catches

被引：1
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作者：
Nene, W. [1 ]
Offenberg, J. [2 ]
Rwegasira, G. M. [1 ]
Mwatawala, M. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Sokoine Univ Agr, Dept Crop Sci & Prod, Box 3005, Morogoro, Tanzania
[2] Aarhus Univ, Dept Biosci, Aarhus, Denmark
来源：
SOCIOBIOLOGY | 2017年 / 64卷 / 01期
关键词：
Light source; natural predator; founding queen; Tanzania; EARLY COLONY GROWTH; SMARAGDINA HYMENOPTERA; PUPAE TRANSPLANTATION; BEHAVIOR;
D O I：
10.13102/sociobiology.v64i1.1216
中图分类号：
Q96 [昆虫学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
Production of live weaver ant (Oecophylla longinoda and O. smaragdina) colonies is being developed as the ants provide several ecosystem services in agriculture and as they are used in education and research laboratories. Founding queens needed for colony production can be caught in artificial nests made of live leaves that are curled on trees. In this study we investigated if the catch rate of O. longinoda queens in artificial nests could be improved by attracting queens to trees with a light source (electric torches). We compared catch rates of 50 artificial nests on each of eight citrus trees, four of them with light and four without light. During two mating seasons covering 9 mating flights we caught a total of 178 queens. However, 3.8 times more queens were caught in the trees with light compared to trees without light. We conclude that queen catches can be highly improved by combining artificial nests with an attracting light source.
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