The army ants live in the understory or on the forest floor. The army ants particularly prefer the forest floor. They eat and sleep in one spot until it dies. They survive off what is given to them.
An interesting fact about army ants is that they usually live in colonies of two different kinds of ants. These ants would be the workers which build the nest. And the army ants which fights the predators and gets the food. The army ants defend its territory.
These ants are about half an inch long. This ant I studied is red but there is different colors. The army ant is very vicious. The army ant has small hairs on his back.