Ant Toilets (IMAGE)

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Ant Toilets

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Here are 21 plaster nests which had been inhabited by 150-300 Lasius niger workers for two months. Dark colored patches (= toilets) can be seen in every nest. The color of the patch corresponds to the color of the sugar solution the ants were fed.

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Czaczkes et al.

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