Division of Labor Among Ants #272152

As examples of difference of Opinion held by competent observers as to the function of the large workers In the same species, the follow ing may be cited. In Atta they are thought by Bates to be passive defenders of the rest of the colony, but Wheeler contends that they are aggressive soldiers. In Pheidole generally they are thought by Lubbock to be fighters, but Wheeler states that, while in some species of this genus they are for defence, in others they are not.