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An earlier study suggested that anaesthetization with heavy doses of carbon dioxide can be harmful to ants. It is shown that a light dose of carbon dioxide can be a safe and convenient anaesthetic for laboratory studies of ants of the genusMyrmica.
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Wardlaw, J.C. The effect of carbon dioxide on egg production inMyrmica rubra . Ins. Soc 42, 325–328 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01240428
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