The maximum use of sucrose and NaCl baits by ant communities in 17 communities varies with distance inland and type of food web. Sites are classified as a brown food web if the majority of vegetation is in a closed canopy or as a green food web if vegetation is readily accessible from the litter. In six regions (F, Florida; P, Panama; Z, Arizona; A, Arkansas; O, Oklahoma; R, Peru; see Table 1), green and brown webs at the same distance inland were compared.