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. 2004 Jun;30(6):1297-303.
doi: 10.1023/b:joec.0000030300.11787.01.

Sex pheromone of queens of the slave-making ant, Polyergus breviceps

Les Greenberg  1 , Ali Aliabadi, J Stephen McElfresh, Howard Topoff, Jocelyn G Millar
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Sex pheromone of queens of the slave-making ant, Polyergus breviceps

Les Greenberg et al. J Chem Ecol. 2004 Jun.

Abstract

The sex attractant pheromone produced in mandibular glands of queens of the slave-making ant Polyergus breviceps has been identified as a blend of methyl 6-methylsalicylate and 3-ethyl-4-methylpentanol. In field trials, each compound alone was completely unattractive to males, whereas blends of the two compounds attracted hundreds of males within a couple of hours.

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