Table 1. Effect of peristome wetting on the trapping efficiency in N. bicalcarata.
Peristome condition
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Ant species | Natural (dry), visits/falls | Wetted, visits/falls | P |
C. inflata | 89/4 | 53/37 | <0.001 |
Camponotus (Colobopsis) sp. | 37/0 | 14/14 | <0.001 |
O. smaragdina | 18/0 | 21/21 | <0.001 |
Polyrhachis cf. beccarii | 26/0 | 12/10 | <0.001 |
P values give Fisher's exact test statistics. Ants with all legs in peristome contact that passed the peristome center line were counted as peristome visits.