 Workers transfer food to other nestmates, including winged adults and larvae; the anal droplets are exuded by the larvae, which are taken up by the workers.Age caste polyethism does not occur in "Nothomyrmecia", where the younger workers act as nurses and tend to the brood and the older workers go out and forage.The only ant known other than "Nothomyrmecia" which does not exhibit age caste polyethism is "Stigmatomma pallipes".