A typical group raid in Ooceraea biroi. (VIDEO)

Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

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Here, in a colony of 25 individually-tagged ants, a scout leaves the nest in search of prey [a fire ant pupa, dyed blue]. After she locates it, she lays pheromone trail home and recruits a raiding column of her nestmates for a collective attack.

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Credit: Chandra, Gal and Kronauer. Courtesy of PNAS

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