Over 200 different kinds of army ants exist in the world, only some of which live in the Amazon.
Army ants live in huge colonies and, unlike other ants, have no fixed nests.
She has no wings and produces vast quantities of eggs, which are cared for by other members of the colony. Every 30-40 days or so, the colony gathers in a large swarm. The queen then lays up to as many as 30,000 or more eggs in two days. The majority of the 80,000 or so army ants in an average-sized colony are sterile females. These ants are generally either workers or soldiers.