Giant Amazonian ant
The giant Amazonian ant is one of the biggest ants in the world. The females are coal black and as long as a big paper clip. It lives in the rainforests of South America and digs its nest underground.
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Fun facts
The males are much smaller than the females and dark red instead of black.
Its nest can have up to eight doors leading to rooms deep underground.
Each ant looks for food alone, usually within about 10 metres of home.
Only about one in ten food hunting trips is a success.
Most asked questions about Giant Amazonian ant
?What is the biggest ant in the world?
The giant Amazonian ant is one of the biggest, with females 3 to 4 centimetres long.
?What does the giant Amazonian ant eat?
Fruit, seeds and small animals like spiders, crickets and snails.
?Where does the giant Amazonian ant live?
In rainforests in South America, in nests under the ground.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Dinoponera gigantea
- Group
- Ants
- Family
- Formicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Lives on
- South America
- Also known as
- Taramãçu
Where the facts come from
- Dinoponera gigantea (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 Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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