Ant group effects on the insecticide and dye flow among Atta sexdens rubropilosa (hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers

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Autor(a) principal: Barbieri, Rafael F. [UNESP]
Data de Publicação: 2009
Outros Autores: Forti, Luiz C. [UNESP], Fujihara, Ricardo T. [UNESP], Nagamoto, Nilson S. [UNESP], Camargo, Roberto S. [UNESP]
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/225626
Resumo: Social behavior has conferred many advantages upon insects. Allogrooming and self-grooming, frequently observed among leaf-cutting ants, help to prevent colony contamination by microorganisms and aid in the process of recognizing nest-mates, given the evidence that the grouping effect acts to modulate these behavioral parameters. For this reason, the contamination dynamicwas evaluated in workers of Attasexdens rubropilosa by particles adhering externally to the tegument of their bodies, with and without the presence of insecticide added to dye in different groupings. The results demonstrate that although the dye had dispersed rapidly among workers in all groupings, it was eliminated efficaciously only in groups that utilized the dye without insecticide. When compared by the chi-square test (X210.05;3), at 60 minutes only the group containing the most individuals (128) presented significant values and at 120 minutes only the smallest group (16 individuals) did not present significant values, indicating that the greater the number of individuals the more rapidly it would be dispersed among nest-mates, thus elevating the importance of utilizing active ingredients with a delayed action in the control of leaf-cutting ants, to avoid detection of insecticide by the colony and enable its propagation to all or most of the colony before triggering the defense mechanisms of thecolony.
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spelling Ant group effects on the insecticide and dye flow among Atta sexdens rubropilosa (hymenoptera: Formicidae) workersChemical controlGroup effectLeaf-cutting antSocial behavior has conferred many advantages upon insects. Allogrooming and self-grooming, frequently observed among leaf-cutting ants, help to prevent colony contamination by microorganisms and aid in the process of recognizing nest-mates, given the evidence that the grouping effect acts to modulate these behavioral parameters. For this reason, the contamination dynamicwas evaluated in workers of Attasexdens rubropilosa by particles adhering externally to the tegument of their bodies, with and without the presence of insecticide added to dye in different groupings. The results demonstrate that although the dye had dispersed rapidly among workers in all groupings, it was eliminated efficaciously only in groups that utilized the dye without insecticide. When compared by the chi-square test (X210.05;3), at 60 minutes only the group containing the most individuals (128) presented significant values and at 120 minutes only the smallest group (16 individuals) did not present significant values, indicating that the greater the number of individuals the more rapidly it would be dispersed among nest-mates, thus elevating the importance of utilizing active ingredients with a delayed action in the control of leaf-cutting ants, to avoid detection of insecticide by the colony and enable its propagation to all or most of the colony before triggering the defense mechanisms of thecolony.Laboratório de Insetos Sociais-Praga Defesa Fitossanitária FCA/UNESP, Fazenda Exp. Lageado, PO Box 237, Rua José Barbosa de Barros 1780, Botucatu, SPLaboratório de Insetos Sociais-Praga Defesa Fitossanitária FCA/UNESP, Fazenda Exp. Lageado, PO Box 237, Rua José Barbosa de Barros 1780, Botucatu, SPUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Barbieri, Rafael F. [UNESP]Forti, Luiz C. [UNESP]Fujihara, Ricardo T. [UNESP]Nagamoto, Nilson S. [UNESP]Camargo, Roberto S. [UNESP]2022-04-28T20:55:52Z2022-04-28T20:55:52Z2009-10-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article589-600Sociobiology, v. 54, n. 2, p. 589-600, 2009.0361-6525http://hdl.handle.net/11449/2256262-s2.0-70349466396Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengSociobiologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-04-30T18:07:06Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/225626Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T16:30:45.022965Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ant group effects on the insecticide and dye flow among Atta sexdens rubropilosa (hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers
title Ant group effects on the insecticide and dye flow among Atta sexdens rubropilosa (hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers
spellingShingle Ant group effects on the insecticide and dye flow among Atta sexdens rubropilosa (hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers
Barbieri, Rafael F. [UNESP]
Chemical control
Group effect
Leaf-cutting ant
title_short Ant group effects on the insecticide and dye flow among Atta sexdens rubropilosa (hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers
title_full Ant group effects on the insecticide and dye flow among Atta sexdens rubropilosa (hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers
title_fullStr Ant group effects on the insecticide and dye flow among Atta sexdens rubropilosa (hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers
title_full_unstemmed Ant group effects on the insecticide and dye flow among Atta sexdens rubropilosa (hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers
title_sort Ant group effects on the insecticide and dye flow among Atta sexdens rubropilosa (hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers
author Barbieri, Rafael F. [UNESP]
author_facet Barbieri, Rafael F. [UNESP]
Forti, Luiz C. [UNESP]
Fujihara, Ricardo T. [UNESP]
Nagamoto, Nilson S. [UNESP]
Camargo, Roberto S. [UNESP]
author_role author
author2 Forti, Luiz C. [UNESP]
Fujihara, Ricardo T. [UNESP]
Nagamoto, Nilson S. [UNESP]
Camargo, Roberto S. [UNESP]
author2_role author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Barbieri, Rafael F. [UNESP]
Forti, Luiz C. [UNESP]
Fujihara, Ricardo T. [UNESP]
Nagamoto, Nilson S. [UNESP]
Camargo, Roberto S. [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Chemical control
Group effect
Leaf-cutting ant
topic Chemical control
Group effect
Leaf-cutting ant
description Social behavior has conferred many advantages upon insects. Allogrooming and self-grooming, frequently observed among leaf-cutting ants, help to prevent colony contamination by microorganisms and aid in the process of recognizing nest-mates, given the evidence that the grouping effect acts to modulate these behavioral parameters. For this reason, the contamination dynamicwas evaluated in workers of Attasexdens rubropilosa by particles adhering externally to the tegument of their bodies, with and without the presence of insecticide added to dye in different groupings. The results demonstrate that although the dye had dispersed rapidly among workers in all groupings, it was eliminated efficaciously only in groups that utilized the dye without insecticide. When compared by the chi-square test (X210.05;3), at 60 minutes only the group containing the most individuals (128) presented significant values and at 120 minutes only the smallest group (16 individuals) did not present significant values, indicating that the greater the number of individuals the more rapidly it would be dispersed among nest-mates, thus elevating the importance of utilizing active ingredients with a delayed action in the control of leaf-cutting ants, to avoid detection of insecticide by the colony and enable its propagation to all or most of the colony before triggering the defense mechanisms of thecolony.
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