0440 Foraging biology of the ponerine ant Odontomachus brunneus

Monday, December 14, 2009: 9:41 AM
Room 103, First Floor (Convention Center)
Lauren M. Hart , University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO
Walter R. Tschinkel , Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
The foraging biology was determined for the Ponerine ant, Odontomachus brunneus in Northern Florida. The proportion of each colony engaged in foraging was determined, and the notion of a distinct distribution of labor amongst nestmates shown unlikely to exist for this species.

doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.42647