Army Ants Build Bridge to Invade Wasp Nest

[jeff of pa]

"Attack of legionary ants, also known as army ants or marabunta, to a wasp honeycomb. It's impressive & a bit Scary the level of swarm intelligence and collective computation they use to form that bridge."
Occurred on July 30, 2018 / Costa Rica
If they were Once as Big as People, IT would be easy to Figure out who Built the sphinx

and even at that size if they wanted to take over, all it would take is increased numbers I'm sure.

 

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[DizzyDigger]

My older sister lives in a jungle area of Costa Rica...they get
all manner of odd bugs down there, most of which are
going to leave a mark if you interact with them...

We used to get some huge carpenter ants around the house, but
haven't seen one since the 'coons been hanging around. They'll
walk down around the house, pick 'em up and eat 'em like popcorn.

 

[Louie D]

I wonder why they didn't just go straight over the soffit?

 

[chefjuan]

I wonder why they didn't just go straight over the soffit?

I think they did originally. The scouts probably found it and left a trail there on the soffit but too may ants started going towards it snd gravity took over so they compensated. There is no other way for them to build it. Super cool.

 

[Louie D]

I think they did originally. The scouts probably found it and left a trail there on the soffit but too may ants started going towards it snd gravity took over so they compensated. There is no other way for them to build it. Super cool.

Sounds logical, thanks for the input!