The ants use these extremely powerful mandible strikes in several novel ways.
Additional studies showed that the ants used visual cues to locate the trunks.
One must only look at the grasshopper," Chiun had said, "or the ant to see energy properly used.
The plant also produces food bodies that the ants use as their main food source.
First, the domatia are located next to the stems that the ants use for hunting.
The ants use this mold to construct their traps.
Workers are able to release pheromones that can alarm others of danger nearby; this is another way these ants use odors to communicate.
Ms. Frederickson said it appeared that the ants used chemical cues to determine which species to attack.
In their experiments, the researchers found that ants used these cues to change direction if they were headed the wrong way.
Other scientists have suggested that ants use other cues.