enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Myrmica schencki - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmica_schencki

   M. schencki is parasitized by Phengaris rebeli larvae, which release chemicals that trick the ants into believing that the butterfly larvae are ant larvae and should be brought back to the ant brood. [1] In the ant nest, the P. rebeli larvae and pupa are able to mimic the sound that the queen of the ant colony makes, causing the ants to ...

3. Chemical communication in insects - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_communication_in...

   Pheromones can be used instead of insecticides in orchards. Pest insects are attracted by sex pheromones, allowing farmers to evaluate pest levels, and if need be to provide sufficient pheromone to disrupt mating. Chemical communication in insects is social signalling between insects of the same or different species, using chemicals.

4. Myrmica - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmica

   Myrmica is a genus of ants within the subfamily Myrmicinae. [2] It is widespread throughout the temperate regions of the Holarctic and high mountains in Southeast Asia. [2] [3]The genus consists of around 200 known species and additional subspecies, [2] although this figure is likely to rise as soon as the Chinese and Nearctic fauna lists are revised.

5. Rickia wasmannii - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickia_wasmannii

   Little is known about its effect on the host ant, but it is usually regarded as a rather neutral symbiont. Contrarily, however, a recent study has documented an increased need of drinking water and a shortened life-span of infected ants. The known host species of Rickia wasmannii are various Myrmica species, the most frequent being Myrmica ...

6. Large blue - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_blue

   From there the caterpillar will adopt various strategies to be found by Myrmica ants. Several caterpillar species of Phengaris, such as P. rebeli and P. alcon, will secrete pheromones that are specific to their respective hosts. The purpose of such behaviour is to mimic the pheromones of ant larvae that will become workers in the future. [26]

7. Myrmicini - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmicini

   Myrmicini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. [1] It is not to be confused with the very similar-sounding tribes Myrmecinini (also in subfamily Myrmicinae) and Myrmeciini, which is in the subfamily Myrmeciinae. While the type genus of Myrmicini is Myrmica, that of Myrmeciini is Myrmecia and that of Myrmecinini Myrmecina.

8. Do Pheromone Perfumes Really Work? - AOL

   www.aol.com/pheromone-perfumes-really-140051261.html

   Many promise to make you more sexually attractive, increase your libido, or act as a trigger for other things that seem just a little too good to be true. You may be wondering: Are the promises ...

9. Myrmica americana - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmica_americana

   Myrmica americana ; Scientific classification ... Myrmica americana is a species of ant in the family Myrmicinae. [1] [2] [3 ... Text is available under the Creative ...