Edward O Wilson is the author of Chemical Communication in the Social Insects (1965), Behavior of Daceton Armigerum (Latreille) (1962), Social Sciences (chapter 9)., Invasion and Extinction in the West Indian Ant Fauna (1985), The Discovery of Cerapachyine Ants on New Caledonia, with the Description of New Species of Phyracaces and Sphinctomyrmex (1957).