Table 2.1. Head lengths of fire ants and crazy ants and fire ant colony size distribution.
Ants that do not share the same level letter significantly differ in head length (as
indicated in a Tukey’s post hoc test). Average # is the number of fire ants in each size
class in a haphazardly selected sample of 21 to 36 ants from 10 colonies. Percentages are
from an average sample size of 28.36 ants. Errors are ± 1 SE.
|
Ant________ |
Length (mm) |
Level |
Average # |
% of Sample |
|
Large fire |
1.28 ±0.02 |
A |
4.73 ± 5.02 |
16.1% |
|
Medium fire |
N∕A |
N∕A |
10.91 ±7.46 |
37.2% |
|
Small fire |
0.78 ± 0.02 |
B |
12.72 ±5.48 |
46.7% |
|
Crazy________ |
0.69 ± 0.01 |
C |
N∕A |
N∕A |
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