army ants

     

The name army ant (or legionary ant or "Marabunta") is applie to over 200 ant species, in different lineages, due to their aggressive predatory foraging groups, known as "raids", in which huge numbers of ants all forage simultaneously over a certain area, attacking prey en masse.

Trivia about army ants

  • Known as Wandermeisen in German, these conspicuously mobile ants move about in long, orderly columns
  • The biggest hunting parties in the animal kingdom are by these ants that can be over 200,000 strong
  • These ants never build nests but occupy temporary bivouacs
  • These destructive ants found in the tropics often bivouac on logs; columns can travel up to 65 feet per hour

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