Highlights•The effects of wind on the foraging behaviour of honey bee workers were
tested.•Foraging rate significantly decreased in higher wind speeds.•This was due to …

Understanding how environmental factors modulate foraging is key to recognizing the
adaptive value of animal behavior, especially in ectothermic organisms such as ants. We …

Although ants are lauded for their strength, little is known about the limits of their load-
carrying abilities. We determined the maximal load-carrying capacity of leaf-cutter ants by …

Among all activities displayed by ant colonies, searching for food is essential for all
individuals survival. However, many external activities are hazardous or restrictive for the …

Polymorphic leaf-cutting ants harvest leaf fragments that correlate in size with the workers'
body size. When cutting, workers anchor their hind legs on the leaf edge and rotate …

Highlights•I examined effects of abiotic factors on damselfly flight and perching
behaviour.•Activity increased at low wind speeds but was uncorrelated with ambient …

One advantage of sociality is to mitigate environmental restrictions through collective
behavior. Here we document a colony-level response of leaf-cutting ants to wind, an …

Empirical data about food size carried by central-place foragers do not often fit with the
optimum predicted by classical foraging theory. Traditionally, biotic constraints such as …

Leaf-cutting ants of the genus Atta are an important insect pest in forest plantations in many
countries of South America. The objective of this work was to evaluate the potential for using …

Ant-attendance of aphids is one of the subjects of interest in ecological studies as a
reciprocal service providing benefits to both groups involved. The behavioural patterns in …