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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Amazon Giant Centipede-Eating Ant

Dinoponera quadriceps

About

A very large ponerine ant endemic to northeastern Brazil, reaching up to 30 mm. Colonies are queenless, with reproduction carried out by a dominant alpha worker. It is a solitary forager that hunts on the forest floor at night.

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Did You Know?

Reproductive hierarchy is maintained through a chemical dominance system where the alpha worker marks subordinates with a specific pheromone.