Eciton

Scott Powell and Nigel Franks of the University of Bristol studied an army ant species called Eciton burchellii, which march across the forests of Central and South America in swarms of up to 200,000.

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One species of these foraging ants is known as the Eciton rapax, the larger workers among which are half an inch in length.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

(_Eciton vastator_) the sockets have disappeared as well as the eyes.

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Then some half dead Eciton straggled from the circle along the beach, and threw the line behind him into confusion.

Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919

At such a time as this, the greatest difference is apparent between these and the Eciton army ants.

Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919

Through sun and cloud, day and night, hour after hour there was found no Eciton with individual initiative enough to turn aside an ant's breadth from the circle which he had traversed perhaps fifteen times: the masters of the jungle had become their own mental prey.

Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919

Late that night, our lanterns showed the remnants of the Eciton army wandering aimlessly about, making near approach impossible, but apparently lacking any definite concerted action.

Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919

Eciton soldier with his long, curved scimitars and his swift, nervous movements, was to one of these great insects as a fighting d'Artagnan would be to an armored tank.

Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919

Along the normal paths of Eciton life he could inspire endless enthusiasm, illimitable energy, but here his material units were bound upon the wheel of their perfection of instinct.

Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919

Belt, while watching a column of _Eciton hamata_, placed a stone upon one of them to secure her.

The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881