Ants - Dorylinae
- Species
- Dorylinae (864 species)
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- Up to 1 inch or more
- Lifespan
- 20 years (Queen)
- Classification
- Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Conservation Status
- Varies
- Habitat
- Mostly tropical, but some warm temperate areas.
- Army Ants and Driver Ants are famous for moving as colonies, and not living in the same location for very long. They are huge predators, consuming large amounts of insects and even small animals as they travel on their journey.
- Draw a colony of army ants on the move.
- Places
- Every Continent except Antarctica
- Army ants are sometimes called legionary ants or marabunta.
- The queen can lay millions of eggs every month.
- Army ants have two phases in their lives, a phase where they stay still (stationary) and the queen lays her eggs, and one where they travel (nomadic).
- A colony of army ants can consume over 500,000 different pieces of prey in a day.
- A colony will split into two parts when a new queen is ready to leave the nest as she can't survive on her own.
- If a queen dies, the new ants will look for a new queen, otherwise they will all die.
