“…Combined with stimulus provided by environmental elements (such as temperature), VOCs promote warning, defence, dispersion, recognition, attraction, reproduction, development, and foraging mechanisms (Cruz-Labana et al, 2023;Dupont et al, 2023). VOCs in ants can be recognized through chromatographic analyses, because they can be reproduced in a determined species or population (Acevedo, 2020;Alagappan et al, 2021;Gordon, 2021). However, the behavioral response and function of VOCs depend on the volatility and the released amount (Fujiwara-Tsujii et al, 2006;Cruz-Labana et al, 2023).…”