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Carrying Behaviour in Ant, Oecophylla Smaragdina<br />

Nur Adila binti Kamaruddin<br />

Supervisor: Dr. Norasmah<br />

Bachelor of Applied Science<br />

(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)<br />

School of Marine and Environmental Sciences<br />

Oecophylla smaragdina or commonly known as ‘kerengga’ or weaver ants and<br />

they are social insects that live with colony. The carrying behaviour of social<br />

ant occurs when ant found preferred food or to a place where more attention<br />

are needed. However, the purpose of carrying behaviour in O. smaragdina is<br />

poorly understood. Thus, this research was conducted to determine the<br />

possibilities of different food weight to trigger carrying behaviour in Oecophylla<br />

smaragdina and to investigate the purpose of carrying behaviour in weaver ant.<br />

Five different trees occupied by O. smaragdina were presented with two<br />

different food weight which is light weight and heavy weight to trigger carrying<br />

behaviour in Oecophylla smaragdina from 0800 to 1500. Furthermore, the<br />

carrying behaviour occurs were recorded and observed during their foraging<br />

activities. The results showed that, carrying behaviour occurs in weaver ants<br />

were to help their colony foraging activities faster, besides more ants are<br />

needed to carry heavy food. From the observation, the different food weight<br />

was influenced carrying behaviour in Oecophylla smaragdina.<br />

1778 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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