Eggs of the Blind Snake, Liotyphlops albirostris, Are Incubated in a Nest of the Lower Fungus-Growing Ant,  Apterostigma cf. goniodes

Table 1

Behavioral responses (behavior/10 min ±; means ± SD) by Apterostigma cf. goniodes workers to natural and artificial eggs.𝑃* refers to the 𝑃 value from Wilcoxon signed-rank tests; 𝑛=12 observation periods.

	Natural egg	Artificial egg	𝑃 *
Planting cover	2.41±1.37	0±0	𝑃=0.019
Antennal contact	1.66±1.55	0.5±1.16	𝑃=0.003
Grooming	0.66±0.65	0±0	𝑃=0.011