Eciton burchellii
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eciton-burchellii-204-15198508
title:
Eciton burchellii
text:
Eciton burchellii is a species of New World army ant in the genus Eciton. This species performs expansive, organized swarm raids that give it the informal name, Eciton army ant. This species displays a high degree of worker polymorphism. Sterile workers are of four discrete size-castes: minors, medias, porters (sub-majors), and soldiers (majors). Soldiers have much larger heads and specialized mandibles for defense. In lieu of underground excavated nests, colonies of E. burchellii form temporary
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of ant
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eciton_burchellii
date created:
2007-01-20T05:38:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T01:35:21Z
main entity:
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fields total:
13
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16