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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
11. Many species of passerine or perching birds occasionally
"ant," often after new feather growth. Here
is shown a bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata) engaging
in passive anting with carpenter ants. Even poultry,
such as the peafowl may engage in anting. In active
anting, the birds place ants in their feathers with
their beaks.
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