https://www.jstor.org/stable/25085325
> Ants are strongly attracted to both AC and DC electric fields (Fig. 2). The numbers that accumulated increased with an increase in the voltage for both DC and AC voltages, and for all species. Some species (P. comanche, Ph. hyatti) show little or no response to voltages lower than 50 volts. Other species showed slight responses to lower voltages, although the response greatly increased at voltages above 60 volts. No difference in ants' responses was detected between AC and DC generated fields (Fig. 2), although ants leave AC powered points at a slower rate due to a possible residual effect of AC (MacKay et al., 1989). Ants of all three subfamilies responded in a similar manner.