Interest in the advanced cognitive abilities of insects has grown rapidly over the past
decades. However, most studies have taken place on a handful of model organisms: fruit …

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the animal kingdom, and some species
exhibit complex social behaviors. Although research on insect object use is still in its early …

The affordance of an object refers to its functional properties. For example, a bowl has the
affordance of holding water, but a sieve does not. Here, we report that ants learn the …

Ants use debris as tools to collect and transport liquid food to the nest. Previous studies
showed that this behaviour is flexible whereby ants learn to use artificial material that is …

Eusocial insects have evolved diverse particle‐use behaviors. A previous study reported
that red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta Buren, deposited soil particles on substances …

Many ant species are known to exhibit foraging tool use, during which ants place various
debris items (eg, pieces of soil, leaves, pine needles, etc.) into liquid food, and then they …

 Abstract There are only two Aphaenogaster species from the subterranea group in the
western Mediterranean: A. ichnusa Santschi, 1925, from south-western Europe, and A …

In the genus Aphaenogaster, workers use tools to transport liquid food to the colony. During
this behavior, ants place or drop various kinds of debris into liquids or soft food, and then …

Surfactants are commonly used in detergents, soaps and agrichemical products. After use,
the residual surfactants can be dispersed into environmental compartments, directly or …

The paper is devoted to analyzing consistent individual differences in behavior, also known
as “personalities,” in the context of a vital ant task—the detection and transportation of food. I …