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A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF AESTIVATION AND OVERWINTERING OF THE OCCIDENT ANT, POGONOMYRMEX OCCIDENTALIS CRESSON, IN IDAHO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. C. Cole Jr.
A. C. Cole Jr.
Affiliation:
Twin Falls, Idaho
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The phenomena of aestivation and overwintering of ants present a most interesting study. The similarities between the two as well as their many differences offer excellent comparisons. Little work has actually been accomplished with ants in this field in spite of the studies of arthropod hibernation instigated by Holmquist (I) and others. The purpose of this paper is to present some of the more important physical and biotic factors involved in the aestivation and overwintering periods of the Occident ant. Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Cresson, in a portion of the Northern Desert Shrub region, near Twin Falls, Idaho.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 66 , Issue 9 , September 1934 , pp. 193 - 198
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1934

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