Spectrophotometric measurments of phenooxidase activity and task switch data in Myrmica scabrinodis ants infected with ectoparasite Rickia wasmanii

The dataset consists of data collected for the study "Chronic Fungal Infection Accelerates Age Polyethism in Ants Without Altering Immune Response".Measurements were done on workers of Myrmica scabrinodis collected from a wet meadow in Ruczaj (Kraków, Poland), in May 2022. We collected ants both infected with the ectoparasitic fungus Rickia wasmannii and uninfected workers.The dataset consists of the raw measurements from the spectrophotometer, the colourful reaction was performed, whose intensity corresponded to the concentration of the phenoloxidase, the innate component of the insect's immune system. Additionally, behavioural experiments and morphometric measurements were done. We also include this data in the dataset.