Driver ants predator

 · The driver (or safari) ants, known locally in Kiswahili as siafu, are aggressive surface predators which usually move in densely packed columns. These streams, which may function either in emigration or foraging, are of multi-caste constituence and may number several million individuals (Gotwald, ). Oecophylla Longinoda, An Ant Predator of Anomma Driver Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Army ants are nomadic predators that do not have permanent nests. They include legionary ants which live in South America, and driver ants which live in Africa. Slave-maker ants raid the colonies of other species and steal worker larvae and pupae. Once the slaves mature, they work for their "owners" until they die.

Dorylus, also known as driver ants, safari ants, or siafu, is a large genus of army ants found primarily in central and east Africa, although the range also extends to southern Africa and tropical Asia. Army ants are the prime arthropod predators in tropical forests, with huge colonies and an evolutionary derived nomadic life style. Africa is well-known for its iconic animals that include lions, elephants and cheetahs. However an easily forgotten animal, that is equally amazing, is the African army or driver ant. These insects have lived for millions of years in forests across Sub-Saharan Africa. Army ants are so deadly because of their ability to work together in colonies containing over 20 million individuals. driver ants are commonly eaten by Arican skinks o the genus Mabuya and by pangolins (scaly anteaters) o the genus Manis. Chapin (I) indicates that driver ants are eaten by several species.

10 апр. г. Subterranean foraging army ants (Labidus coecus) preyed on eggs and Ant predation may represent an under-recorded source of turtle egg. Army ants are predators with different levels of specialization, some of which focus on a particular genus or species, as is the case for Nomamyrmex. Also unlike some New World army ants, driver ants are not specialized predators of other species of ant, instead being more generalistic with a diet.