Army ant
The Burchell's army ant is a tropical ant that moves in huge, organised swarms called raids. It lives in the jungles of Central and South America. Its raids are so large that many other animals, including birds, follow them to catch prey.1

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no
- Colour varies from deep golden to dark brown.1
- Workers are 3 mm to 12 mm long, and there are four sizes of worker.1
- Soldiers have much larger heads and long, pointed, sickle-shaped jaws (mandibles).1
- Long legs and an elongated body give it a spider-like appearance.1
- Raids move as a loose swarm over the leaf litter on the forest floor.1
Bɔre ahoɔden
Bɔre fi ne dua ano nsɔe (stinger) mu ba.
Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?
Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ yawƐtumi yɛ yaw paa, nanso ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛnyɛ asiane kɛseɛ da.Ɛyɛ dɛn bere a ehu aka no?
Soldier ants have much larger heads and specialised jaws for defence, and workers have a well-developed sting.1
Sɛ ɛwɔ a
- Hohoro baabi a ɛwɔɔ no na dwo.
- Sɛ onipa no ntumi nhome yie, n'anim anaa ne mene mu hono, anaa ɛyɛ no sɛ ɔrebɛtɔ piti a, ɛyɛ allergy ahohiahia: frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma.
Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw
Hwɛ wo ho so
- Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
- Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
- Sɛ baako wɔ wo a: ma wo bo nnwo, tena dinn, frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911) anaa kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm. Kae sɛdeɛ na ɛte, mfonini bɛboa.
Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ɛde ne bɔre kyere aduane anaa ɛbɔ ne ho ban, na ɛpɛ sɛ ɛhinta sene biribiara. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho
Wiase mu baabi bɛn?
Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?
Ne tenten te sɛn?
ɛyɛ ketewa araa sɛ ɛbɛtumi atena wo nsateaa anoArmy ant kɛseɛ te sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?
Akontabuo kɛkɛ wɔ wo browser mu. Wɔnkora hwee, na wɔmfa hwee nkɔ baabiara.
Ne ntɛm te sɛn?
Nsɛm
Workers can link their bodies to form living bridges and fill holes in the trail, so the whole colony can move faster.1
A single raid can be up to 200 metres long and use up to 200,000 ants.1
Over 500 other species live around these colonies, more than for any other single species, and over 300 are thought to depend on them.1
Colonies move their living nest, called a bivouac, almost every night, taking six to eight hours to relocate.1
Colonies can have 100,000 to 600,000 adult ants, all from one queen.1
Workers are a mix of four sizes, and genetics as well as diet affect which size an ant becomes.1
Baabi a nsɛm no fi
- Eciton burchellii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Eciton burchellii (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
- Venom Wiki: asiane gyinabea, kɛseɛ a ɛtaa yɛ ne ntɛm susuo no yɛ yɛn ankasa deɛ. Hwɛ sɛdeɛ yɛbu no: Sɛdeɛ yɛkyerɛ asiane gyinabea.
Nsɛm biara a ɛwɔ kratafa yi so wɔ nɔma a ɛkyerɛ ne fibea. Sɛ yɛfom biribi a, kafra, yɛyɛ mmoa ho akɔnnɔfoɔ, ɛnyɛ nyansahu nwoma. Ka kyerɛ yɛn wɔ [email protected] na yɛbɛsiesie.
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