Search Rate and Functional Response of a Eusocial Insect (Oecophylla longinoda) in a Tanzanian Mango Orchard

Table 3

Total removed prey () per tree measured in mg dry-weight and the prey removal rate (%) within each time interval. The removal rate (5) was based on the amount available at the start of each interval.

Colony	Time interval (min)
	= 0–30	= 30–60	= 60–90	= 90–120	= 120–150
1	22.1 (9.8%)	110.5 (55.2%)	57.4 (64.6%)	17.7 (57.1%)	8.8 (66.7%)
2	4.4 (4.9%)	0	8.8 (10.5%)	0	0
3	26.5 (14.6%)	22.1 (14.5%)	13.3 (10.2%)	0	0
4	44.2 (30.6%)	14.1 (14.5%)	13.3 (15.9%)	23.8 (34.2%)	7.0 (15.3%)
5	153.2 (75.7%)	14.8 (33.1%)	19.8 (66.3%)	4.9 (50.0%)	4.9 (100.0%)
6	9.9 (9.8%)	29.6 (33.1%)	4.9 (8.3%)	0	14.8 (27.3%)
7	8.4 (40.3%)	1.4 (11.4%)	0	0	0
8	45.0 (57.4%)	14.9 (47.0%)	15.0 (89.7%)	0.1 (6.3%)	0
9	5.4 (18.6%)	14.0 (61.2%)	2.6 (29.7%)	0.9 (14.2%)	0.9 (16.5%)