Ant experiments in the lab (IMAGE)

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Ant experiments in the lab

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Ant experiments in the lab. Ant pupae are collected in a dish, and individually infected on glass plates by gently rolling them through a spore suspension using soft forceps. Infected pupae emit chemical signals of their fatal condition when workers are nearby.

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© Sylvia Cremer / ISTA

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