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Issue: Vol. 22: 30 Nov. 2022
Type: Proceedings Papers
Published: 2022-11-30
DOI: 10.11646/zoosymposia.22.1.79
Page range: 128
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Avoidance of ant chemical traces by spider mites

Laboratory of Ecological Information, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Applied Entomology Laboratory, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Saga-ippongi-cho 1, Kyoto 616-8354, Japan
Applied Entomology Laboratory, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Saga-ippongi-cho 1, Kyoto 616-8354, Japan
ant trace spider mite Tetranychus kanzawai Tetranychus urticae Pristomyrmex punctatus Formica japonica

Abstract

Because of the strong predation pressure exerted by ants, small arthropods have developed various strategies of avoiding ant predation (Way 1963; Jennings 1971; Akino et al. 1999; Otsuki & Yano 2014). Spider mites become easy prey for ants when they leave their protective webs (Otsuki & Yano 2014; Adachi & Yano 2017); therefore, the ability to avoid traces of ongoing ant activity should confer a selective advantage to mites.

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