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Army ants in movies like “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” hunt humans. In real life, army ants are fierce predators and a deadly threat … if you are the size of a grasshopper or termite. Real army ants mostly eat other insects and invertebrates. They are not capable of taking down a large vertebrate animal that is moving away from them. Animals that cannot move away from army ants, like baby birds, beetles, other ant species, or even scorpions and spiders, could become army ant meals.
Army ants like the E. burchellii do not have a fixed home like most other ant species. They are always on the move, which also contributes to their fearsome reputation.
For about 20 days, the colony will stay in one area while the queen lays her eggs. Soldiers and workers go out and raid the local area every few days to catch food for the queen and the workers attending the eggs. The army ant colony can eat tens of thousands of prey animals per day!
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