Research Article

The Effects of the Social Hierarchy Destabilization on the Foraging Activity of Eusocial Wasp Mischocyttarus cerberus styx Richards, 1940 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)

Table 3

Time in the nest ( ๐‘‡ ) of foraging activities ( ๐น ), cell inspection ( ๐ถ ), and gaster rubbing ( ๐‘… ) of all individuals by colony during the determination of dominance hierarchy.

Category/ranking ๐‘‡ (min)% of behaviors by colony (absolute number)
๐น ๐ถ ๐‘…

Colony M141ยช 7200.0 (0)42.3 (11)64.9 (24)
2ยช 31735.3 (6)19.2 (5)27.0 (10)
3ยช 64317.7 (3)26.9 (7)2.7 (1)
4ยช 13729.4 (5)11.5 (3)5.4 (2)
5ยช 3117.7 (3)0.0 (0)0.0 (0)

Colony M151ยช 7190.0 (0)32.6 (14)25.8 (16)
2ยช 6198.3 (1)34.9 (15)33.9 (21)
3ยช 41525.0 (3)7.0 (3)14.5 (9)
4ยช 35033.3 (4)11.6 (5)17.7 (11)
5ยช 26033.3 (4)14.0 (6)8.1 (5)

Colony M161ยช 7200.0 (0)35.9 (14)45.7 (16)
2ยช 7200.0 (0)10.3 (4)25.7 (9)
3ยช 6900.0 (0)28.2 (11)14.3 (5)
4ยช 29833.3 (5)15.4 (6)2.9 (1)
5ยช 12366.7 (10)10.3 (4)11.4 (4)

Colony M171ยช 5230.0 (0)44.0 (11)35.7 (10)
2ยช 42318.2 (2)20.0 (5)10.7 (3)
3ยช 3429.1 (1)28.0 (7)17.9 (5)
4ยช 14845.5 (5)4.0 (1)7.1 (2)
5ยช 12227.3 (3)4.0 (1)28.6 (8)

Colony M181ยช 7120,0 (0)33,3 (0)33,3 (4)
2ยช 7200,0 (0)25,0 (3)25,0 (3)
3ยช 35816,7 (2)0,0 (0)8,3 (1)
4ยช 21641,7 (5)16,7 (2)16,7 (2)
5ยช 18641,7 (5)33,3 (4)58,3 (7)

Colony M191ยช 7200.0 (0)43.5 (20)31.5 (17)
2ยช 58610.0 (1)17.4 (8)20.4 (11)
3ยช 56920.0 (2)15.2 (7)14.8 (8)
4ยช 24520.0 (2)6.5 (3)3.7 (2)
5ยช 39250.0 (5)17.4 (8)29.6 (16)

Total (%)1ยช 950,0 (0)40,0 (74)37,3 (87)
2ยช 7813,0 (10)21,6 (40)24,5 (57)
3ยช 7016,9 (13)16,8 (31)12,4 (29)
4ยช 3231,2 (24)9,2 (17)8,6 (20)
5ยช 2139,0 (30)12,4 (23)17,2 (40)