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Volume
45, Number 4,
July 1999: Carpenter Ants
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IN THIS ISSUE
Section
1:
- introduction
- what is a carpenter ant?
Section
2:
- life cycle
- colony size
Section
3:
- how carpenter ants find their way
around
Section
4:
- feeding habits
- optimizing feeding
- territorial ants go to war
- avoiding war
Section
5:
- why active at night?
- ecological value of carpenter
ants
Section
6:
- surviving winter
- destroying wood
- contrast between termites
and carpenter ants
- References
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Carpenter
Ants
by John
H. Klotz, Laurel D. Hansen, Byron L. Reid and Stephen A.
Klotz
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Figure
5. How carpenter ants orient in their environment.
Left side: moon compass orientation as well as landmarks
may be used. Right side: sun compass orientation and
edges, such as the house or telephone line going into
the house may be used. Pheromone hydrocarbons may
be used as well, especially on well-travelled roadways
as shown by the path.
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