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Since caffeine is natural in certain plants I wonder if this is somehow an evolutionary advantage, and if this species of ant might have a preference for eating plants that have caffeine.

bioRxiv  
Acute exposure to caffeine improves navigation in an invasive ant https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.10.561519v1?med=mas
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