Chimpanzees at Bossou customarily dip for ants using wands (Sugiyama et al, 1988; Sugiyama, 1995). The most common prey species is the driver or army ant, genus Dorylus (Anomma). Five species of Dorylus ants (D. emeryi (Mayr), D. gerstaeckeri (Emery), D. mayri (Santschi), D. arcens (Westwood) and D. nigricans (Illiger)) have thus far been identified at Bossou by Dr. Caspar Schöning. D. molestus, which had previously been noted as present at Bossou by Sugiyama et al (1988), was, however, not identified in the recent samples collected from Bossou. Army ants construct underground nests that are not easily noticeable, unless ants are scrambling at the surface. However, since they use these nests as temporary bivouacs, they also move around in large columns on the ground when migrating or foraging. They can travel in great numbers on the surface of the ground and amongst terrestrial herbaceous vegetation hunting for prey, e.g. earth worms. Ants' nests are usually dug up by hand. Chimpanzees at Bossou have also been observed to dip on ant trails on the forest floor. Bossou chimpanzees typically hold the wand between their index and their middle fingers and perform a back and forth movement of the wand so as to stimulate the ants to attack of the intruding object. Ants that climb up the wand are typically directly mouthed by wiping the tool through the lips or teeth, a technique known as "direct mouthing". But chimpanzees at Bossou also employ another technique, termed the "pull through" technique, i.e. swift and meticulous swiping of the length of the tool from the proximal to the distal end with the hand and ingesting the gathered bundle of ants from the collecting hand. Environmental influences on wand length and technique employed during ant dipping have been uncovered in the Bossou community (Humle and Matsuzawa, 2002).

Other species of ants consumed by Bossou chimpanzees include the weaver ant (Oecophylla longinoda). Although these are usually eaten directly by hand, Sugiyama also reported the use of a tool in fishing these ants (Sugiyama, 1995).