Inquiline queens must gain access to the host colony, coexist with its queen and workers, and then lay eggs that are reared as sexuals by the host workers. |
Queens of socially parasitic inquiline ants reproduce by laying eggs in the colonies of other species. |
A reproductive female inquiline gains access to a host nest and usually kills the resident queen. |
The colonies of Bombus illustrate the rise of the inquiline habit. |
In central Ontario, eight species of parasitoids and a Periclistus inquiline are associated with this gall. |
Notes on the life history, parasites and inquiline associates of Anthophora abrupta Say, and some comparisons with the habits of certain other Anthophorinae. |