When active, ants were seen foraging on the surface
and tending a species of aphid on Scaevola
sericea Vahl bushes. Ants were observed on
Pisonia grandis and Cordia subcordata Lam. trees
with heavy infestations of larvae of the indigenous
moth Ethmia nigroapicella Saalm€uller. The larvae
were protected by silk webs and no direct predation
was observed. The ants were observed to feed on
the freshly broken surfaces of the leaves eaten by
the caterpillars. Items carried by crazy ants
included scale insects (Pulvinaria urbicola
Cockerell) and cydnid bugs. Freshly dead ghost
crabs (Ocypode ceratopthalma (Pallas)) were
observed on the northern beach, the large numbers