Weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) nest, Darwin
Talk about innocent aborad. There are no snakes or dangerouly poisonous animals in New Zealand, so I'm used to just wandering into the bush and poking my nose (or fingers) into anything. I was intrigued by this nest of ants in darwin (their were dozens of nests in this one tree) and tried to shift the nest for a better photo. Boy that stirred things up! I'm not sure if I was bitten or stung but it didn't hurt, just felt like a tiny electric shock. My beloved pointed out that I was lucky I was not either alergic or that I had not encountered a more dangerous animal.
Common names include weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in Asia and Australia. They make nests in trees made of leaves stitched together using the silk produced by their larvae.
Weaver ants may be red or green.
Weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) nest, Darwin
Talk about innocent aborad. There are no snakes or dangerouly poisonous animals in New Zealand, so I'm used to just wandering into the bush and poking my nose (or fingers) into anything. I was intrigued by this nest of ants in darwin (their were dozens of nests in this one tree) and tried to shift the nest for a better photo. Boy that stirred things up! I'm not sure if I was bitten or stung but it didn't hurt, just felt like a tiny electric shock. My beloved pointed out that I was lucky I was not either alergic or that I had not encountered a more dangerous animal.
Common names include weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in Asia and Australia. They make nests in trees made of leaves stitched together using the silk produced by their larvae.
Weaver ants may be red or green.