Figure 4From: Interaction specificity between leaf-cutting ants and vertically transmitted Pseudonocardia bacteria Nine monitored behaviors expressed by tending large worker ants 15–19 days after eclosion following Escovopsis infection of their gardens, presented as mean proportions of time spent on each behavior ± SE. Plots are organized according to fostering treatments with garden phylotype followed by pupal phylotype (columns) and time since colonies were infected on Day 0 (rows). Self-grooming, fungus-grooming and allo-grooming were the most common behaviors, whereas garden-weeding was mainly observed on the day of infection (Day 0) and decreased significantly over the three days.Back to article page