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Science 6 March 1964:
Vol. 143. no. 3610, pp. 1048 - 1049
DOI: 10.1126/science.143.3610.1048
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Inquiline Roach Responds to Trail-Marking Substance of Leaf-Cutting Ants

John C. Moser 1

1 Southern Forest Experiment Station, Forest Service, Alexandria, Louisiana

Nymphs and females of the roach inquiline, Attaphila fungicola W. M. Wheeler, respond to odor-trail substances of Atta texana (Buckley) and Trachymyrmex septentrionalis (McCook). The ants are more sensitive than raoches to the pheromone.


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