d6a8bc3d-b6fb-47bc-a693-612e2454cf50 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2026-01-09T10:20:37 UK GEMINI 2.3 Mimetic host shifts in a social parasite of ants: Behavioural study 2013-01-22 publication 1351092141705 CEH:EIDC: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d6a8bc3d-b6fb-47bc-a693-612e2454cf50 10.5285/d6a8bc3d-b6fb-47bc-a693-612e2454cf50 doi: Schönrogge, K., Thomas, J.A., Elmes, G.W., Sielezniew, M., Stankiewicz-Fiedurek, A., Simcox, D., Settele, J. (2013). Mimetic host shifts in a social parasite of ants: Behavioural study. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/d6a8bc3d-b6fb-47bc-a693-612e2454cf50 This dataset derives from cross-over experiments using ant worker rescue behaviour towards caterpillars of the socially parasitic butterfly from two host-ecotypes. The data comprise datasets collected from four 4 experiments 3 hours after testing and from 4 experiments 7 days later. They all include nest numbers, the order of retrieval ranked by the attention of nurse ants to the ant pupae, large larvae and small larvae and the adult Maculinea rebeli. The data give the rank order of test items as they were rescued in order to explain social status achieved in natural and unnatural host colonies. This dataset is part of the study of mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants, which is a joint study of the NERC's Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UK), the University of Oxford (UK), University of Bialystok (Poland), Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) and UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Germany). Detailed research method can be found in Thomas et al. (2012) Mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants. Proc. R. Soc. B vol. 280 no.1751. (http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2336) Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d6a8bc3d-b6fb-47bc-a693-612e2454cf50 Schönrogge, K. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Schönrogge, K. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0122-6493 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Thomas, J.A. University of Oxford enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Elmes, G.W. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Sielezniew, M. University of Białystok enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Stankiewicz-Fiedurek, A. Polish Academy of Sciences enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Simcox, D. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Settele, J. UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian notPlanned Maculinea rebeli Phengaris rebeli Wikidata 2012-10-29 creation Animal behaviour otherRestrictions Registration is required to access this data otherRestrictions Licence terms and conditions apply otherRestrictions You must acknowledge this resource: Thomas et al. (2013). Mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants. Proc. R. Soc. B vol. 280 no.1751. otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Schönrogge, K., Thomas, J.A., Elmes, G.W., Sielezniew, M., Stankiewicz-Fiedurek, A., Simcox, D., Settele, J. (2013). Mimetic host shifts in a social parasite of ants: Behavioural study. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d6a8bc3d-b6fb-47bc-a693-612e2454cf50 English utf8 biota 2001-01-01 2005-12-31 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/d6a8bc3d-b6fb-47bc-a693-612e2454cf50 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/d6a8bc3d-b6fb-47bc-a693-612e2454cf50.zip Documents Documents available to assist with re-use of this dataset. information nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 We assessed the social status achieved by each form of M. rebeli within colonies of each Myrmica species in a standard bioassay that involved perturbing laboratory ant colonies and recording the order in which the ants' own brood or the mimetic caterpillars were rescued. Groups of 5 butterfly larvae from each region were adopted into matching colonies of niaive French M. schencki and M. sabuleti. Every test colony also contained 5 brood items each of kin ant pupae, large and small larvae, making a total of 20 immature individuals and 20 workers per replicate. Cultures were established in laboratory colonies containing a small moist sponge pad beneath an inverted 6 cm diameter saucer with a notched entrance, under which the ants gathered their brood and M. rebeli. Three hours after the M. rebeli caterpillars had been introduced, we perturbed the experimental colonies by uncovering the brood chamber and relocating it over another pad nearby; we then recorded the order in which the nurse ants rescued their 15 brood items or the 5 M. rebeli and carried them into the new nest. The same experiment was repeated 7 days later, which represents a sufficient period for M. rebeli caterpillars to attain their maximum potential integration with a host society, yet remaining a similar size to when first adopted, i.e. the same size or smaller than the Myrmica pupae and large larvae. The number of replicates for each ant-butterfly combination tested varied due to a lack of some ants and butterfly deaths (especially with unnatural hosts).