New research article! 📰

Poissonnier (curiousant.bsky.social),
tomerczaczkes.bsky.social et al. show that workers follow pheromone trails with fidelity, regardless of their foraging context 🐜
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#SocialInsects #AntForaging #ChemicalCommunication #AntBehavior #Pheromones

New research article! 📰

A. D. dos Santos et al. demonstrate that soldier ants are deployed only at protein-rich food located close to the nest 🐜
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#SocialInsects #DivisionOfLabor #AntForaging #CasteAllocation #Pheidole

New research article! 📰

Jo et al. shows that foragers' body size strongly influences aggregation in novel environments while exploration and inactivity remain largely size-independent 🐜
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#SocialInsects #Camponotus #AntForaging #Polymorphism #NoveltyResponse