High winter survival rate of acorn ants inside artificial nest sites (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

• Published in: Fragmenta entomologica Vol. 54; no. 2; p. 269
• Main Author: Mitrus, Sławomir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pavia PAGEPress Publications 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Air temperature; Forests; Low temperature; Mortality; Nests; Predation; Queens; Survival; Winter
• ISSN: 0429-288X; 2284-4880
• DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1399

Although most species of ants overwinter underground to avoid low temperatures, the acorn ants of the genus Temnothorax remain in nests situated at ground level. During a field experiment, I studied the winter mortality of acorn ants in nest sites situated aboveground, as well as in sites experiment...