Olfaction foraging in visually oriented tropical arboreal ants Oecophylla smaragdina: Implications for insect predation studies using artificial sentinel prey
L. Yan, S. P. Kagame, Y. Liu, T. Mizuno, A. Nakamura
This study tests the effectiveness of sentinel prey in identifying predators by showing that Oecophylla smaragdina ants rely more on olfactory cues than visual cues for predation.
bioRxiv · Nov 14, 2023 · PreprintEcology