Interference of Plant Essential Oils on the Foraging Behavior ofSolenopsis invicta(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

• DOI: 10.1653/024.097.0215
• Publication Date: 2014-08-19T03:57:08Z
• Authors: Jie Wang; Xiaolong Qiu; Ling Zeng; Yijuan Xu
• Keywords: Pinaceae

Plant essential oils restrained the course of foraging behavior individual worker ants and also influenced recruitment food transport. Worker search times increased significantly among plant oil treatments. The longest time was observed for treated with Capsicum annuum L. (Solanales: Solanaceae) Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G.Don (Pinales: Pinaceae). Different have different effects on workers, amount transported, spent foraging.