question about the ant

[issa]

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i remember reading a question about what ant releases?? what was the answer? pherome? acid? or hormone?

 

[fancymylotus]

i remember reading a question about what ant releases?? what was the answer? pherome? acid? or hormone?

formic acid

 

[thefifthbeatle]

yeah, formic means ant, or pertaining to ants in latin...i think i read that in barrons

 

[armorshell]

yeah, formic means ant, or pertaining to ants in latin...i think i read that in barrons

I learned that from my third edition monster manual. lol D&D

 

[Ething]

Ants release formic acid which is a pheremone! Showed up on my test.

 

[thefifthbeatle]

so which do you put..clearly its formic acid...and i guess its a pheromone....

 

[issa]

i had this question in my dat. i remember seeing it here, but i didn't remember the answer. i don't know what i put for it. i think i got it right because my bio was 18.

 

[who knows...]

"Furthermore, sensitivities of the workers to major alarm pheromone components (n-Undecane and formic acid) were also compared among age and task cohort."

from:
http://iussi.confex.com/iussi/2006/techprogram/P1590.HTM

and also...
http://www.spectroscopynow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?id=10916&type=Feature&chId=4&page=1