Trail following Learning by Young Myrmica rubra Workers (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Figure 1
(a) Young workers and a few older ones inside of nest I. (b) Foragers on a trail (1 poison gland/cf. ( cm)); they walked on the trail. (c) Naive young workers on an identical trail; they did not correctly walk on the trail. (d) Marked in blue foragers (blue arrows) and young workers, together, on a trail; foragers followed the trail and young ants also, though less efficiently. (e) Young ants on a trail, after having been in presence of trail following foragers; they walked rather well on the trail. (f) A queen on a trail; she followed the trail.
