Army ant
Videos
The name army ant is applied to over 200 ant species in different lineages. Because of their aggressive predatory foraging groups, known as "raids", a huge number of ants forage simultaneously over a
African Dorylus raid
An Eciton burchellii large soldier guarding smaller workers
E. vagans with larvae of a raided wasp nest
Dorylus sp. in Cameroon, consuming a grasshopper
Eciton burchellii
Videos
Eciton burchellii is a species of New World army ant in the genus Eciton. This species performs expansive, organized swarm raids that give it the informal name, Eciton army ant. This species displays
Head view of a soldier with characteristically shaped mandibles
Overhead view of the Amazon forest