Compound nests (xenobiosis) involve two species of ants living together in the same nest but keeping their broods separate. It includes casual or regular nesting in close vicinity (plesiobiosis), stealing food from other species (cleptobiosis), stealing brood (lestobiosis) and sharing nests and trails (parabiosis).
Mixed colonies comprise temporary parasites, slave-makers (dulosis) and inquilines, where the host workers care for the parasite brood, at least temporarily.
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