Zombie fire ant workers: Behavior controlled by decapitating fly parasitoids

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-153

  Henne, D C ^a   Johnson, S J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Host behaviour; Host manipulation; Parasitoid; Pseudacteon tricuspis; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; EGG PARASITOID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; HOST USE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; SOCIAL INSECT; SURVIVAL; WORKER CASTE;

FORMICIDAE; PSEUDACTEON TRICUSPIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 34248172024     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0924-y     Document Type: Article

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