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Insects. Springtails --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- 595.796 --- Formicidae. Ants --- Ants --- Ants. --- 595.796 Formicidae. Ants --- Insect societies --- 591.55 --- Insects, Social --- Social insects --- Animal societies --- Insects --- Aculeata --- Formicidae --- Hymenoptera --- Myrmecology --- 591.55 Communal life. Animal societies --- Communal life. Animal societies --- Research --- Behavior --- Hölldobler, Bert, --- Wilson, Edward O. --- Wilson, Edward Osborne --- Insect societies. --- Research.

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A fascinating examination of socially parasitic invaders, from butterflies to bacteria, that survive and thrive by exploiting the communication systems of ant colonies. Down below, on sidewalks, in fallen leaves, and across the forest floor, a covert invasion is taking place. Ant colonies, revered and studied for their complex collective behaviors, are being infiltrated by tiny organisms called myrmecophiles. Using incredibly sophisticated tactics, various species of butterflies, beetles, crickets, spiders, fungi, and bacteria insert themselves into ant colonies and decode the colonies’ communication system. Once able to “speak the language,” these outsiders can masquerade as ants. Suddenly colony members can no longer distinguish friend from foe. Pulitzer Prize–winning author and biologist Bert Hölldobler and behavioral ecologist Christina L. Kwapich explore this remarkable phenomenon, showing how myrmecophiles manage their feat of code-breaking and go on to exploit colony resources. Some myrmecophiles slip themselves into their hosts’ food sharing system, stealing liquid nutrition normally exchanged between ant nestmates. Other intruders use specialized organs and glandular secretions to entice ants or calm their aggression. Guiding readers through key experiments and observations, Hölldobler and Kwapich reveal a universe of behavioral mechanisms by which myrmecophiles turn ants into unwilling servants. As The Guests of Ants makes clear, symbiosis in ant societies can sometimes be mutualistic, but, in most cases, these foreign intruders exhibit amazingly diverse modes of parasitism. Like other unwelcome guests, many of these myrmecophiles both disrupt and depend on their host, making for an uneasy coexistence that nonetheless plays an important role in the balance of nature.

Ant communities. --- Ants --- Host-parasite relationships. --- Myrmecophyes. --- Parasites. --- Behavior. --- Batesian mimicry. --- Wasmannian mimicry. --- aggressive mimicry. --- ant symbioses. --- ant-bird. --- behavioral mimicry. --- chemical mimicry. --- colony odor. --- hydrocarbon mimicry. --- kleptoparasites. --- mermithergate. --- myrmecomorphy. --- myrmecophagy. --- parasites of ants. --- social parasitism.

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Formica --- Formicidae --- Comportement alimentaire --- Feeding habits --- Comportement social --- social behaviour --- Comportement sexuel --- Sexual behaviour --- Compétition biologique --- Biological competition

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Ants present a lavishly detailed account of the extraordinary lives of social insects that draws on more than two decades of research and offers insight into how bees, termites, and other insect societies thrive in systems of altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and labor division.

Insect societies --- Sociétés d'insectes --- Insecta --- Comportement social --- social behaviour --- Évolution --- evolution --- Adaptation --- Génétique des populations --- population genetics --- Communication animale --- Communication between animals --- Organisation du travail --- work organization --- Nesting --- Sociétés d'insectes --- evolution.

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Animal behavior. --- Animal ecology. --- Sociobiology. --- Zoology, Experimental. --- Dieren. Sociaal leven. (Congres) --- Dieren. Oecologie. (Congres) --- Animaux. Moeurs. (Congrès) --- Ecologie animale. (Congrès) --- Animaux. Vie sociale. (Congrès) --- Dieren. Levenswijze. (Congres)