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Notes on the Biology and Habits of the Black Ant, Camponolus (Tanaemyrmex) compressus (Latrcille).

Volume : 47
Issue: Nov-nov
Pages: 474 - 477
Published: November 04, 2023
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Abstract


The large black ant Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) compressus (L) is: a familiar insect all over India and has been known to be of considerable economic importance because of its habit of attending on several Homopterous insects. Acccounts of its habits have been given by Wroughton (1892), Rothney (1895), Dutt (1912), Mukerji (1930, 1934), Negi et al (1930) and others and the seasonal incidence and other characteristics by Krishna Ayyar (1935, 1937). Still its life history and its behaviour towards its herds are not fully known. The present account gives further information on the insect as observed in Coimbatore during the past few years.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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