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2. Eciton burchellii - Wikipedia

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   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. [2] This species displays a high degree of worker polymorphism. Sterile workers are of four discrete size-castes: minors, medias, porters (sub-majors), and soldiers ...

3. Army ant - Wikipedia

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   Colonies of army ants are large compared to the colonies of other Formicidae. Colonies can have over 15 million workers and can transport 3000 prey (items) per hour during the raid period. [14] [20] When army ants forage, the trails that are formed can be over 20 m (66 ft) wide and over 100 m (330 ft) long. [20]

4. Defense in insects - Wikipedia

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   It is highly effective against other arthropods, including spiders, ants, and centipedes. [8] Among termite species in the Apicotermitinae that are soldierless or where soldiers are rare, mouth secretions are commonly replaced by abdominal dehiscence. These termites contract their abdominal muscles, resulting in the fracturing of the abdominal ...

5. 14 Common House Bugs and How to Deal with Them ... - AOL

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   How to Deal with Them: “Like spiders, the best way to deal with house centipedes is to first get rid of the insects that they prey on, such as ants, roaches, bed bugs and spiders,” says Wong ...

6. Eciton - Wikipedia

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   Eciton army ants have a bi-phasic lifestyle in which they alternate between a nomadic phase and a statary phase. In the statary phase, which lasts about three weeks, the ants remain in the same location every night. They arrange their own living bodies into a nest, protecting the queen and her eggs in the middle.

7. Dorylus laevigatus - Wikipedia

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   Each of the five most common ant species in a Malaysian study of D. laevigatus managed to avoid, kill, or prey on the smaller D. laevigatus workers. Only when confronted with ants which occupy the same swarming army niche do they behave aggressively, specifically when dealing with D. vishnui, a similar species of driver ant with which it shares ...