Young birds were also found in nests between May and October.
They tested the effect of resin on adult and larval ants that were infected with a common bacterium and a common fungus found in nests.
The subfamily Parasitinae is normally found in nests of small animals or insects or in decaying organic matter, from seaweed to forest litter.
Even when rabbits ravage his rose plants, gnawing on the branches after a hard winter, Scanniello can't bring himself to disturb the babies he finds in nests.
It can be found in barren landscapes with little vegetation, and sometimes nests in rock crevices.
Rarely, four eggs have been found in nests but these may be exceptional cases of polygyny.
Food stores are not found in nests collected in the field, neither are they found in colonies raised in laboratory observation nests.
In Idaho, the remains of Ord's kangaroo rats were found in up to 25% of prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus) nests.
The Sentry Bugs are early warning systems and play other support roles, usually found in or near nests.
Three blind Afrotropical genera (Anophthalmoonops, Caecoonops, Termitoonops) are exclusively found in termite nests.