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An Action Spectrum for the Fire Ant (Solenopsis saevissima)

Nature volume 205, pages 1328–1329 (1965)Cite this article

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EVALUATION of the visual system of ants is important for a comparative analysis of photoreceptor processes in animals. The honeybees have been the subject of numerous visual studies, but ants have been virtually ignored. We have begun an extensive investigation into the spectral responses, eye structure, and visual pigments of ants, and here report our results on the action spectrum.

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  1. Biophysical Research Laboratory, Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, 13, Pennsylvania

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MARAK, G., WOLKEN, J. An Action Spectrum for the Fire Ant (Solenopsis saevissima). Nature 205, 1328–1329 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2051328a0

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