Asian marauder ant
The Asian marauder ant lives in huge families where the ants come in many sizes. The tiny workers are smaller than a grain of rice, but the big soldiers have giant heads. They march out together in long lines to find food.
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Fun facts
The biggest workers can have heads about 12 times bigger than the smallest workers.
Small ants often ride on the backs of the big ants along the trail to save energy.
Sometimes they build roofs out of soil over their marching trails, like little tunnels.
If something blocks their path, the line gets all mixed up, until the ants find a new way around.
One nest can have up to 16 queens.
Most asked questions about Asian marauder ant
?What does the Asian marauder ant eat?
It hunts insects and other small animals, and also eats sweet plant juices, fruit and seeds.
?Is the Asian marauder ant an army ant?
No, but it looks a bit like one because it marches out in big groups. Unlike army ants, it has a nest that stays in one place.
?Why are the ants different sizes?
Each size has its own jobs. The small young workers look after the babies and take on more jobs as they get older.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Carebara diversa
- Group
- Ants
- Family
- Formicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- East Indian harvesting ant
Where the facts come from
- Carebara diversa (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Gaylord R. Fabian. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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