"Stone dropping by Conomyrma bicolor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A new technique of interference" DOI:10.1007/s00040-022-00876-2
Ants are not often thrilled to have ants as neighbors. They express distaste by locating their garbage pile on the nest entrance of unwanted ants next door.
(Jordan Dean has recorded Camponotus sp. in Australia doing this, and it seems Dorymyrmex do it too.)
This behavior is called "stone dropping" or "soil dropping" in the lit. (Rather than "trolling")
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