Weaver ant queen with brood

A weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) queen is guarding her eggs and just-hatched larvae. She's founding a new colony. The present brood will grow into workers that will help raise the next brood, and use the larvae from the second brood to stitch together leaves into a nest. The larvae produce silk and are used by the adults like needles to sew leaves together

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