The relative proportions of cuticular components having the same retention times were compared between the slave‐making ant Polyergus rufescens and the slave ant Formica rufibarbis living in monospecific or mixed colonies. The two species were found to present different spectra. The Formica workers, when enslaved by Polyergus , tend to lose their colony characteristics but they do not seem to adopt the characteristics of Polyergus.
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