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From: Interaction specificity between leaf-cutting ants and vertically transmitted Pseudonocardia bacteria

Figure 4

Nine monitored behaviors expressed by tending large worker ants 15–19 days after eclosion following Escovopsis infection of their gardens, presented as mean proportions of time spent on each behavior ± SE. Plots are organized according to fostering treatments with garden phylotype followed by pupal phylotype (columns) and time since colonies were infected on Day 0 (rows). Self-grooming, fungus-grooming and allo-grooming were the most common behaviors, whereas garden-weeding was mainly observed on the day of infection (Day 0) and decreased significantly over the three days.

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