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> Then the ants walked right past the traps. It's almost like they knew not to go into the white houses? They leave trail of pheromones when they go back with
by ajuc 6y ago
> Then the ants walked right past the traps. It's almost like they knew not to go into the white houses?
They leave trail of pheromones when they go back with food. If ants go somewhere but never return - this path won't have any pheromones and other paths will get more appealing over time.
There are even algorithms for solving hard problems in programming based on that :)
- Kbelicius 6y ago> They leave trail of pheromones when they go back with food. If ants go somewhere but never return - this path won't have any pheromones and other paths will get more appealing over time. Most traps do not kill the ants on contact. Ants are supposed to take whatever is in the trap and bring it back to the colony.
- nashashmi 6y agoKnowing that scent plays into how they alert other ants, I use a hand held vacuum to clean them up. They keep coming this instead of hiding.