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IMG_7372 V2 weaver ants

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand--These weaver ants, sometimes called tent ants are working together to bend a leaf in order to build a tent like nest in the tree. They squeeze young ant larva to get a silky glue to join the leaves together. Farmers in Thailand will sometimes tie a string from a tree that's infested with harmful insect to a tree housing weaver ants so that the ants will eleminate the pest insects.

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Uploaded on February 16, 2012
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