author(s)
P Anusuyadevi and Dr. SP Sevarkodiyone

abstract
Hymenopterans have still more significant role to play in controlling the population of agriculture pests, as some of them are effective predators and parasites of pests, affecting them in their various stages of life cycle. Ants are important gears of ecosystems not only because they compose a great part of the animal biomass but also because they act as ecosystem engineers. All the known species of ants are eusocial. Due to these beneficial uses of ants, the present work was aimed to study the foraging activity of ants in open area of Elayirampannai, Tamil Nadu.