Vibration of the Flagellum of the Ant Antennæ

Abstract

IN May 1949, a series of photographs of ants of the species Formica rufa, Latr., were taken by Raymond Kleboe of Picture Post, in collaboration with me, and in many of these worker ants were shown. The ants were usually in a posture of defence ; but whether they were defending the nest, attacking prey, or merely hurrying over the surface of the nest or the roads which surround it, the flagella of the antennæ were indistinctly shown in the photographs. The photographs concerned were taken at 1/500–1/1,000 sec.