LIST OF FIGURES
2.1. The effect of fire ant worker size on the average number of fire ants fighting during
each observation (out of a total of 5 fire ants)...................................................32
2.2. The number OfRasberry crazy ants and fire ants engaged in fights.............. 33
2.3. The number of dead Rasberry crazy ants and dead fire ants after 1 hour...............34
2.4. The effect of sugar level in crazy ant diet on the average aggression score for each
set of fire ants and crazy ants....................... 35
3.1. Mass of dead ants at the end of the colony-level competition experiment.............63
3.2. Average sugar water consumption by species, adjusted for average desiccation......64
3.3. Recruitment to mealworms and sugar water................................................65
3.4. Mealworm and sugar water recruitment times................... 66
3.5. Ants fighting and ants in the other nest box.................................................67
3.6. Changes in ant recruitment to field baits through time.....................................68
3.7. Average ant recruitment to field baits by treatment and bait type from June 24 to July
14......... 69
3.8. Discovery time of field baits by bait type and species.....................................70
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