This ant ranges in colour from orangeish-brown to dark brown; the thorax is clad in fine pubescence while the abdomen is covered with short erect hairs.

The feet have suction pads which enables these ants to cling to surfaces with a firm grip.

When fully grown the larvae pupate, finally emerging as adult workers about thirty days after the eggs were laid.

The workers now take over the building of nests and the care of the young, and the queen devotes herself to the laying of eggs, producing some hundred a day.

They are voracious predators, foraging on the ground as well as in the trees for insects and other arthropods, and co-operating with each other to tackle large prey.