Ethogram Cole 1983

An ethogram of 5 species of Mangrove ants (Florida, USA) from: Cole, B. J. 1983. Assembly of mangrove ant communities: colonization abilities. Journal of Animal Ecology 52:349-355.

• C = Crematogaster ashmeadi
• X = Xenomyrmex floridanus
• Ps = Pseudomyrmex elongatus
• mZ = Zacryptocerus varians, minor worker (=Cephalotes varians)
• MX = Zacryptocerus varians, major worker (=Cephalotes varians)
• mCo = Camponotus (Colobopsis) sp., minor worker
• MCo = Camponotus (Colobopsis) sp., major worker

See the respective species pages or the publication for more information.

Behavioural category	C	X	Ps	mZ	MZ	mCo	MCo
Total acts	4004	3418	3713	3303	25	1911	457
Estimated sample coverage	0.9998	-	0.9995	0.9995	-	0.9995	-
Self-grooming	0.3729	0.3376	0.5252	0.325	0.56	0.3804	0.317
Antennal tipping	0.004	0.0149	0.0024	0.0234	0	0.0016	0
Extrude anal tube and/or sting	0.0452	0	0	0	0	0	0
Flick gaster	0.008	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lick wall of nest	0.0017	0.0433	0.0062	0.01	0	0.012	0
Transport dead nestmate	0.0002	0	0.0005	0	0	0	0
Stridulate	0	0	0.0032	0	0	0	0
Drag minor worker	0.003	0	0.003	0	0	0	0.002
Drag major worker	-	-	-	0	0	0.001	0
Drag queen	0	0	0.0003	0	0	0.0021	0.002
Allogroom minor worker	0.0627	0.1161	0.0436	0.55	0	0.0345	0.011
Allogroom major worker	-	-	-	0.0027	0	0.0094	0
Allogroom queen	0.013	0.0056	0	0.0039	0	0.0078	0.015
Carry insect remains	0.0165	0.0255	0.0145	0	0	0.0031	0
Lay trophic egg	0.002	0	0	0.0009	0	0	0
Carry infrabuccal pellet	0	0	0	0.0006	0	0.001	0
Carry solid remains	0	0	0	0.0006	0	0.001	0
Brood care:
Carry egg(s)	0.0275	0.0029	0.0016	0.0125	0	0.0115	0.004
Lick eggs(s)	0.0052	0.0076	0.0011	0.0067	0	0.0178	0
Carry larva(e)	0.0827	0.0892	0.0329	0.0477	0	0.034	0.02
Lick larva(e)	0.1216	0.1445	0.1163	0.1388	0	0.09	0.061
Assist larval ecdysis	0	0.0006	0.0005	0.0009	0	0	0
Meconium removal	0	0.0015	0.0011	0	0	0.0005	0.002
Carry pupa(e)	0.0027	0.005	0	0.003	0	0.001	0
Lick pupa(e)	0.0125	0.0135	0.0124	0.0118	0	0.0105	0.006
Assist eclosion to adult	0.0012	0.0029	0	0	0	0
Feed insect remains to larvae	0	0.0793	0.01	0	0	0	0
Feed egg to larvae	0.0052	0	0	0.0018	0	0	0
Feed infrabuccal pellet to larvae	0	0	0.0167	0.007	0	0.0078	0
Abdominal trophallaxis:
Receive or solicit from minor	0	0	0	0.041	0	0	0
Receive or solicit from major	0	0	0	0.0043	0	0	0
Receive or solicit from queen	0	0	0	0.0018	0	0	0
Regurgitate:
With larvae	0.0827	0.0518	0.0385	0.0653	0	0.0597	0.009
With minor worker	0.0587	0.0462	0.1602	0.2072	0.44	0.1669	0.471
With major worker	-	-	-	0.0033	0	0.1125	0.066
With queen	0.004	0.009	0.005	0.0024	0	0.0021	0
Feed on insect remains	0.0412	0.0094	0.005	0.0012	0	0.0141	0.011
Feed on larvae	0.0042	0.0018	0	0.0009	0	0.001	0
Feed on egg	0.003	0	0	0.0003	0	0	0
Feed on infrabuccal pellet	0	0	0	0.0106	0	0.0068	0.002
Share infrabuccal pellet	0	0	0	0.0015	0	0.001	0
Feed on solid remains	0	0	0	0.0009	0	0.001	0
Feed egg to queen	0.0007	0	0	0	0	0	0