Behavior

Ecology

 * Ant Nests
 * Symbiosis
 * Social Parasitism
 * Myrmecophiles
 * Ants and Plants
 * Myrmecophily
 * Myrmecochory
 * Domatia
 * Fungus
 * Mimicry


 * Morphological and Functional Diversity of Ant Mandibles

Ethograms

 * Cephalotes varians - Three studies with ethograms Wilson 1976, Cole 1980 and Cole 1983
 * Crematogaster ashmeadi - Ethogram Cole 1983
 * Xenomyrmex floridanus - Ethogram Cole 1983
 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus - Ethogram Cole 1983

Foraging

 * Foraging Strategies by Colony Size
 * Foraging behaviors in Poneroids and Ectatomminae
 * Tandem Running

Intraspecific

 * Mate Competion
 * Ritualised fighting in Iridomyrmex purpureus

Myrmecophiles
Myrmecophiles may occupy a variety of ecological niches within their host ant colony. Some consume waste materials in the nests, such as dead ants, dead larvae, or fungi growing in the nest. A few feed on external secretions of ants and some are fed directly by their host ants. Some myrmecophiles feed on the stored food supplies of ants, and a few are predatory on ant eggs, larvae, pupae or even adults. Others benefit the ants by providing a food source for them. Many myrmecophilous relationships are obligate, meaning one or the other participant requires the relationship for survival. Some associations are facultative, benefiting one or both participants but not being necessary to their survival. Many myrmecophiles await discovery and for many the nature of the relationship with their host is unknown.