Army Ants: Nature's Relentless Hunters

Army ants are fierce hunters that raid in huge groups.

Army ants belong to over 200 species across different continents.

New World army ants include genera like Eciton and Neivamyrmex.

Old World army ants belong mainly to tribes Aenictini and Dorylini.

Army ants do not build permanent nests but form temporary bivouacs.

Worker army ants are usually blind or have tiny compound eyes.

Soldier ants are bigger with large mandibles to protect the colony.

Queens are wingless, blind, and produce up to 4 million eggs monthly.

Army ants alternate nomadic and stationary phases in their life cycle.

Colonies split about every three years creating new queens and groups.

Army ants consume up to 500,000 prey animals each single day.

Foraging trails can be 20 meters wide and 100 meters long.

Army ants sometimes form deadly ant mills when lost on trails.

A single queen's offspring can form a colony of millions of ants.