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Antennae (sg.: antenna),
sometimes referred to as "feelers", are
paired appendages used for
sensing in arthropods.
Antennae are
connected to the first...
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defending the nests. The most
common way of
communicating is
through antennation. A
number of
pheromones are known,
including contact pheromones (which...
- odor.
Antennation occurs when the moth hits its
antennae on the leaf. This
behavior is
likely used to
taste the host site. Only
after antennation will...
- must be
stimulated to
secrete droplets, and do so in
response to ant
antennation,
which is the
drumming or
stroking of the caterpillar's body by the ants'...
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usually bites the
opponent at the petiole. In non-aggressive behavior,
antennation occurs when the two ants meet. In the case of
Monomorium pharaonis, behavior...
- quadriceps. In general,
aggressive interactions are
ritualistic and
involve antennation (drumming),
abdomen curling and very
rarely mandible bouts and stinging...
- some
Lycaenidae like the
genus Liphyra the
antenna tapers gradually.
antennation Touching with the antenna.
antenniferous Bearing antennae, as in "antenniferous...
- from
several glands together with body movements. The
animals will use
antennation, body jerking, and mouth-opening, and will
combine these clues with the...
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maximize the
benefits of polyandry.
Females can also use
palpation and
antennation before mating to
deduce whether or not a mate is novel.
Gryllus bimaculatus...
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contact with
another ant. A meat ant
detects a
foreign worker by
intense antennation (the act of
touching with the antennae) and
gaping of the mandibles,...
