BEHAVIOURAL PATTERNS AND MORPHOLOGICAL ADVANTAGES FAVOUR SUCCESSFUL USE OF Crematogaster schmidti TRAILS BY Camponotus lateralis WORKERS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)
Journal: Serangga
Year: 2023

The paper examines the relationship between two ant species: Camponotus lateralis and Crematogaster schmidti in the neighboring habitat in the biocenoses of the Southern Coast of the Crimea (Ukraine). The ecological characteristics of the species are given, the structure of forage areas is described, as well as the daily activity of ants in shared habitats. It was shown that Camponotus lateralis accesses the food resources of Crematogaster schmidti using their trails. As a result of a frame-by-f