Figures 14.9


Nest guarding by the European ant Camponotus (Colobopsis) truncatus:
Figures 14.9. Nest guarding by the European ant Camponotus (Colobopsis) truncatus:

a minor worker approaching a soldier that is blocking a nest entrance with her plug-shaped head. (After Hölldobler & Wilson 1990; from Szabó-Patay 1928)

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