foraging ant

noun

1. any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group.

Example Sentences

A team of Florida State University researchers led by Assistant Professor of Mathematics Bhargav Karamched has discovered that in a foraging ant's search for food, it will leave pheromone trails connecting its colony to multiple food sources when they're available, successfully creating the first model that explains the phenomenon of trail formation to multiple food sources.

From Science Daily

“Once a foraging ant has found suitable food, they will communicate this to other foragers, usually through a trail pheromone,” Crawley said.

From Seattle Times

"We had to look for digging ants or follow a foraging ant back home," she said in the statement.

From Fox News

If it lets a foraging ant escape instead, and return to its colony with a droplet of nectar, then more bugs—lots, lots more—will soon be on the way.

From Slate