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Hō‘ike o Haleakalā Curriculum

High school science curriculum designed by Maui teachers and field biologists

Unicolony

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a large colony of ants in which it is often impossible to distinguish between individual nests (A4)

Unicolonial

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

an ant behavior strategy in which ants of the same species form large colonies of many different nests (A4)

Under-rock survey

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a research technique in which researchers lift rocks and catalogue the invertebrates they find there (A4)

Trophallaxis

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a process by which regurgitated food is passed among members of an ant colony (A4)

Tramp species

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

any species (such as an ant) that is well-adapted to living in close association with humans and easily dispersed around the world as humans ship goods and travel from one place to another (A4, C4)

Toxicant

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

poison (A4)

Queen

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a reproductive female ant (A4, C4)

Pupa

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

an intermediate stage of a metamorphic insect (such as a moth, ant, or beetle) that is usually enclosed in a cocoon or case (A4)

Polygyne

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

an ant behavior strategy in which each nest has more than one queen (A4)

Pitfall trap

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a container buried flush with the ground surface and filled with bait and a preservative to attract, trap, and preserve foraging invertebrates (A4)

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