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Foraging Trails
Roberto Pereira, Department of Entomology, University of Florida

“Happy trails to you, until we meet again.” For ants, the most elaborate form of chemical communication is odor trails. Odor trails are what ants use to tell other nestmates where a food source is located. Once a fire ant worker discovers a suitable food source, it heads back to the nest with its body...

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