http://www.ant-farms.com/communication-and-behavior-of-ants.html Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:13:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ant-farms.com/communication-and-behavior-of-ants.html/comment-page-1#comment-14 links for 2009-06-20 | Chris Abraham Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:01:44 +0000 http://ant-farms.globalgender.net/?p=52#comment-14 [...] Communication and Behavior of Ants Communication between ants is primarily accomplished through the chemicals called pheromones. Ants have more developed chemical messages than other related species due to their constant direct contact with the ground. A forager who finds food leaves a pheromone trail along the ground on its way to the place it considers its home. This place is typically located through the use of remembered landmarks and the position of the sun as detected by compound eyes. It can also be through special sky polarization detecting fibers within the eyes. [...] [...] Communication and Behavior of Ants Communication between ants is primarily accomplished through the chemicals called pheromones. Ants have more developed chemical messages than other related species due to their constant direct contact with the ground. A forager who finds food leaves a pheromone trail along the ground on its way to the place it considers its home. This place is typically located through the use of remembered landmarks and the position of the sun as detected by compound eyes. It can also be through special sky polarization detecting fibers within the eyes. [...]

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