In his introduction to the genus, he noted that the smaller species in the Orient also make small carton nests on the underside of leaves. He described it as more common than Myrmicaria striata , with a surface-foraging habit and nests with distinct crater openings. Nests tend to be clumped. The colony size was 18,000-22,000 individuals, the latter being in a colony more than three years old. It collects honeydew from Aleyrodoidea, whiteflies, living on grasses or on trees, up to about 5 m.
Activity tends to be bimodal with morning and late afternoon peaks.
In brief, the secretions may be used sparingly, to label potential prey items, or in larger quantities as an alarm signal to stimulate an aggressive defence response. The chemicals used are monoterpene hydrocarbons, apparently a somewhat unique characteristic of the genus. The second most common ground ant in one of the three cocoa plots studied by Jackson. Collected by pitfall trapping and hand searches, with some 300-700 individuals collected at each of four collection dates. The level of insolation appeared to make a difference, with its numbers being higher in insolated traps.