Table 2 Frequency of seed cleaning and other behaviour exhibited by Trichomyrmex scabriceps worker ants (One-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey’s test).

1

3.17

0.83

5.58

2.25

2.08

4.83

2

1.36

0.67

5.42

1.25

1.08

4.75

3

0.92

0.42

4.08

1.42

2.67

4.00

4

1.08

0.33

5.00

2.33

1.50

5.33

5

0.67

1.75

5.92

0.83

2.33

3.92

6

1.42

0.42

4.58

1.17

0.58

3.58

7

2.50

1.50

4.42

0.25

0.83

3.33

8

1.58

0.92

4.33

1.75

1.92

5.50

9

2.08

0.92

4.50

1.42

1.50

4.17

10

2.45

1.50

4.58

1.17

2.25

2.83

Mean ± SEm

1.72 ± 0.25^b

0.93 ± 0.16^b

4.84 ± 0.19^a

1.38 ± 0.20^b

1.68 ± 0.22^b

4.23 ± 0.27^a

F-value

56.023

p

0.0001