Solenopsis geminata

Paratrechina longicornis
Oecophylla smaragdina
Myrmicaria brunnea
Leptogenys chinensis
Technomyrmex albipes
Tetraponera rufonigra
Aphaenogaster beccarii
Tetramorium walshi
Crematogaster longispina
<Unidentified>
Camponotus paria
Camponotus sericeus
Camponotus unk nown
Monomorium sp.
Monomorium sp 2
Paratrechina unk nown
Pheidole
Tapinoma

5
4
8
10
1
5
1
3
1
1
1
17
5
5
3
2
1
9
2

Frequency of ant species

4 5 2

10 1
15 1

3 1 1

Solenopsis geminata
Oecophylla smaragdina
Leptogenys chinensis
Tetraponera rufonigra
Tetramorium walshi
<Unidentified>
Camponotus sericeus
Monomorium sp.
Paratrechina unknown
Tapinoma

1
2
3
5
17
5
9

Paratrechina longicornis
Myrmicaria brunnea
Technomyrmex albipes
Aphaenogaster beccarii
Crematogaster longispina
Camponotus paria
Camponotus unknown
Monomorium sp 2
Pheidole

Species-wise distribution in a particular genus

Genus Camponotus
sericeus
paria
unknown

Genus Monomorium
5
17
5

Species 1
Species 2

Genus Paratrechina
3
2

longicornis
unknown

4
1

Species distribution in Genus Camponotus

Species distribution in Genus Monomorium

sericeus
paria
unknown

Species 1
Species 2

Species distribution in genus Paratrechina

longicornis
unknown

Predicting how social (or not) the social animals (i.e ants) are

How ants move about in general

13

12
3

48
52

single
two
three
five
crowd
group
trail

Checking how social some particular genera are:

The data for the other genera has been written behind the original data sheet. Here, some
representations have been shown for some genera which have some nice-looking graphs

Pheidole
group
single
two
three

Solenopsis
2
4
1
1

single
two
five
trail

How Pheidole moves about

Oecophylla
1
1
1
2

single
group
two
trail

2
2
1
3

How Solenopsis moves about

group
single
two
three

single
two
five
trail

How oecophylla move about

single
group
two
trail

The next graph shows my activity in real time, which ant was picked up when, and which set of ants
was completed first. Some ants were seen only in the beginning, and others "appeared" much later.
So we can see that in action.

Frequecy of ants observed in real time

12

18
16

10

14

12
10

6
4

Time
C. unknown
Paratrechina
Aphaenogaster
C. sericeus
C. paria
Monomorium
Myrmicaria
Oecophylla
Pheidole
Solenopsis
Tapinoma
Technomyrmex

10 minute break-ups of time reveal the following frequency distribution:

Interval 1
4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
Solenopsis
Paratrechina
Tapinoma
C. sericeus
Monomorium
C. paria

Interval 2
4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
Solenopsis
Myrmicaria
pheidole
C. paria
oecophylla
Monomorium

Interval 3
3.5

Interval 4

2.5

2.5

1.5

1.5

1
0.5
0.5
0

C. paria
technomyrmex oecophylla
oecophylla
Myrmicaria
Leptogenys Myrmicaria
pheidole
Tapinoma
Paratrechina
pheidole
technomyrmex

Interval 5
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
Aphaenogaster
oecophylla
C. paria
Myrmicaria
Tapinoma

Interval 6

Interval 7
6

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.4

1
0

0.2

C. sericeus
C. paria
Crematogaster
0
Monomorium sp.2
C. unknown
oecophylla
C. unknown technomyrmex
C. paria
Myrmicaria
Tetramorium
pheidole

Interval 8
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
pheidole
Myrmicaria
<Unidentified>
C. paria

Interval 9
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
pheidole
oecophylla
Myrmicaria
C. unknown

Interval 10
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
Myrmicaria
technomyrmex pheidole

"Pairing" of 2 genera
Here, we wish to see if a particular genus of ant, is always found in close proximity to another. We
have done this exercise for only a few genera (those that have enough number of ants, so that the
activity isn't futile. ). The number indicates frequency.
Paratrechina pairing

Solenopsis pairing
C. sericeus
C. paria

2
3

Oecophylla pairing
Myrmicaria
Paratrechina
Technomyrmex
C. paria
Tapinoma
Crematogaster
C. unknown

2
1
1
1
1
1
1

Technomyrmex pairing
itself
Tapinoma
Tetramorium
C. unknown

C. paria
Oecophylla
Myrmicaria
Monomorium

1
1
1
1

Myrmicaria pairing
Oecophylla
Pheidole
Paratrechina
Leptogenys
C. paria
C. unknown

2
3
1
1
2
1

Aphaenogaster pairing

1
1
1
1

C. paria

C. paria pairing
Tapinoma
Solenopsis
Paratrechina
Pheidole
Aphaenogaster
Myrmicaria
Oecophylla
Monomorium sp2
Monomorium

C. sericeus pairing

1
3
1
3
3
2
1
2
1

itself
Solenopsis
C. unknown

1
1
1

Monomorium sp2 pairing

Monomorium pairing
Paratrechina
Pheidole
C. paria

Pheidole pairing
Monomorium
Myrmicaria
C. paria
<unidentified>

1
3
3
1

1
2
1

C. unknown pairing
Myrmicaria
C. sericeus
Paratrechina unknown
Oecophylla
Technomyrmex

C. paria

1
1
1
1
1