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Volatility of Trail Marking Substance of the Town Ant

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WE have found that the trail marking substance laid down by the town ant, Atta texana (Buckley), contains at least two components, one volatile and the other nonvolatile ; both are followed by workers. Both components partition into the organic phase of a methylene chloride water system.

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  1. Southern Forest Experiment Station, US Forest Service, Alexandria, Louisiana

    J. C. MOSER & R. M. SILVERSTEIN

  2. Life Sciences Division, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California

    J. C. MOSER & R. M. SILVERSTEIN

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MOSER, J., SILVERSTEIN, R. Volatility of Trail Marking Substance of the Town Ant. Nature 215, 206–207 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215206b0

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