Describe
Substance of which chemical alarm signals in insects are found
What is pheromones?
A primary example of chemical signals is seen in pheromone trails to allow insects to follow the same paths as their own species, keeping them out of enemy territory. This is commonly seen in which species.
What are ants?
Primary communication tactics in insects
What are chemical alarms, auditory signals, and tactile signals?
Increases due to an increased survival rate when chemical alert signals work properly among insects
What is reproductive success?
The job of pheromones is to reduce ____
What is predation risk?
Common species that uses stingers , which release a pheromone to others of their species, to attack a organisms that threaten the hive
What are honeybees?
Chemical signals in insects
What are pheromones?
Chemical alert signals allow insects to be aware of a _____ and helps the insect react accordingly
What is a potential danger?
Chemical alarm signals in insects occur during environmental conditions of a high predation risk for an individual specimen, to alert other species in a colony, or when there’s an imminent ____
What is danger?
Often compared to humans clapping their hands together, insects rub their legs and wings together or use thorax muscles to initiate what kind of communication
What is auditory communicaction?
Favored by natural selection
What are the strongest and best working chemical signals?
Primary characteristic of pheromones
What is innate?
Touching antennae to one another’s to receive signals
What is tactile communication?
Given to insects that are favored by natural selection
What is a higher survival rate?
Properly working signals allow for insect survival rather than an insect without those signals likely ____
What is dying younger?