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THE INFLUENCE OF FOOD ON TRAIL‐LAYING AND RECRUITMENT BEHAVIOUR IN TRINERVITERMES BETTONIANUS (TERMITIDAE: NASUTITERMITINAE)

In a laboratory foraging situation food, when detected, stimulates workers of Trinervitermes bettonianus (Sjöst) to lay stronger recruitment trails and to motivate nestmates to mass foraging. Single food‐finders contributed trails about five times stronger than those laid by scouting workers; two to ten rewarded workers were capable of motivating a significant number of nestmates to foraging. The behavioural distinction between “basic” and “recruitment” trails, and the influence of food stimulus on mass recruitment are discussed.