Ant pheromones may help protect hikers and campers from ticks
Drawings illustrating (a) the location of the poison gland and Dufour’s gland in Formica oreas worker ants, and (b) the olfactometer used in tick bioassays. For bioassays, the lateral chambers of the olfactometer received a piece of filter paper treated with a treatment or control stimulus, and a damp cotton ball to increase relative humidity. … Read more