Page 111 - The Miracle in the Ant

As we know, there is a different pheromone secreted by each ant
species. These pheromones are used for the designation of boundaries,
the obtaining of information on the location and size of the enemy, as
an attack command during war and as an alarm system.
Here there is a very interesting point. Parasite ants know the panic
alarm of the enemy ant colony. They simulate this alarm and use it for
a certain purpose. As a result, the enemy colony loses its present disci-
pline because of the imitation pheromone secreted by the parasite ant,
and runs away in panic without resorting to its defence system. That is,
parasite ants cause the collapse of the enemy defence system by using
very smart tactics. A masterfully prepared war strategy has come into
operation. Furthermore, parasite ants have had all the chemical produc-
tion and information infrastructure necessary for the implementation of
this strategy since birth – since the time of their creation.
Some ant species lead their lives by having their slaves do everything
for them. The red Amazon ant (Polyergus) is an example. All Amazon
ants are soldiers. They have large sharp mandibles made for war. They
can neither gather food nor look after babies. These ants attack the nests
of certain small-sized black ant species and steal their cocoons and lar-
vae. Ants emerging from cocoons are carried home to take on the jobs
of the Amazon ants and stay with the Amazon colony, even if their own

The most impor-
tant feature of
slave trading
ants is to steal
the larvae of the
colony they
fight, and to
make these lar-
vae "slaves" for
their own
colonies. Above,
an ant capturing
the larva of the
competitor
colony is seen.

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