Table 1.

Experimental treatments of allogrooming behavior of termites Coptotermes formosanus in response to ergosterol

		Method
Treatment	Abbreviation	First spraying	Exposing time	Second spraying	Exposing time	Marked color
Ergosterol + Metarhizium anisopliae conidia	E + M	300 μL 0.1 mg/mL ergosterol	Each termite 1 well in the 24‐well plate for 30 min	300 μL 1 × 108 conidia/mL M. anisopliae	Each termite 1 well in the 24‐well plate for 30 min	Green
Alcohol + M. anisopliae conidia	A + M	300 μL alcohol	Same as above	300 μL 1 × 108 conidia/mL M. anisopliae	Same as above	Black
Alcohol + 0.1% Tween 80	A + T	300 μL alcohol	Same as above	300 μL 0.1% Tween 80	Same as above	Red
The untreated termites	CK	Untreated	Same as above	Untreated	Same as above	Unmarked