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All the Ecitons hunt in large organised bodies; but almost every species has its own special manner of hunting. Eciton rapax. One of the foragers, Eciton rapax, the giant of its genus, whose worker-majors are half-an-inch in length, hunts in single file through the forest.
The natives, when they meet them in the forest, hurry out of their way, to avoid their fierce attacks. Their communities appear to be composed, besides males and females, of two classes of workers, one with head and jaws very much larger than the others. One species of these foraging ants is known as the Eciton rapax, the larger workers among which are half an inch in length.
The armies of Eciton rapax are never very numerous. Eciton legionis. The Eciton legionis lives in open places, and was seen only on the sandy campos of Santarem. The movement of its hosts were, therefore, much more easy to observe than those of all other kinds, which inhabit solely the densest thickets; its sting and bite, also, were less formidable than those of other species.
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