{{short description|Species of ant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Speciesbox | image = Eciton vagans casent0173509 profile 1.jpg | image_caption = ''Eciton vagans'' worker | taxon = Eciton vagans | authority = [[Guillaume-Antoine Olivier|Olivier]], 1792 | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision_ref = <ref>{{ITIS |id=575298 |taxon=''Eciton vagans'' |accessdate=15 April 2007}}</ref> | subdivision = ''Eciton vagans allognathum''<br/> ''Eciton vagans angustatum''<br/> ''Eciton vagans dispar''<br/> ''Eciton vagans dubitatum''<br/> ''Eciton vagans fur''<br/> ''Eciton vagans mutatum''<br/> ''Eciton vagans vagans'' }}
'''''Eciton vagans''''' is a [[species]] of [[New World]] [[army ant]] in the genus ''[[Eciton]]''. It occurs in [[dry forest|dry]] and [[Tropical wet forest|wet]] forest [[habitat]]s, occupying a range extending from Mexico to throughout Costa Rica and possibly Panama and Colombia. Raids are always in columns and are distinguished in being usually [[nocturnal]]; preferred [[prey]] commonly include other ants.<ref name="Evergreen State College"/> It is closely related to the ''[[Eciton burchellii]]'' species.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Evergreen State College">{{cite web | last = Longino | first = John T. | title = Formicidae: ''Eciton angustatum'' | publisher = [[The Evergreen State College]] | date = 16 July 2005 | url = http://www.evergreen.edu/Ants/Genera/eciton/species/angustatum/angustatum.html | access-date = 15 April 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060923180042/http://www.evergreen.edu/ants/Genera/eciton/species/angustatum/angustatum.html | archive-date = 23 September 2006 | url-status = dead }}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{commons category-inline|Eciton vagans|''Eciton vagans''}}
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[[Category:Dorylinae]] [[Category:Hymenoptera of South America]] [[Category:Insects described in 1792]] [[Category:Hymenoptera of North America]]
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