《太平广记·卷四百七十六·昆虫四》
院子里有一窝蚂蚁，形状像浅红色的大蚂蚁，而体色纯黑，腰部微红，脑袋尖，爪子弯曲处很高，跑起来轻快迅速。这种蚂蚁每当把活的尺蠖和小虫弄入洞中，就毁坏蚁冢堵塞洞口，目的是防止尺蠖和小虫逃走。
庭有一穴蚁，形状窃赤蚁之大者，而色正黑，腰节微赤，首锐足高，走最轻迅，每生致蠖及小虫入穴，辄坏垤窒穴，盖防其逸也。
There was a nest of ants in the yard, which looked like big ants with light red color, but their bodies were black, their waists were slightly red, their heads were pointed, and their claws were very high at the bend, running light and fast. When this kind of ant gets live inchworms and small insects into the hole, it destroys the ant mound and blocks the hole to prevent the inchworms and small insects from escaping.