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Green ants (genus Oecophylla) are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae (order Hymenoptera). Weaver ants are obligately arboreal and are known for their unique nest building behaviour where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk.
Weaver ant necklace in sterling silver, bronze and 18k yellow gold.
Weaver ants build their nests out of leaves glued together with a sticky, silky substance excreted from grubs that they gently squeeze like glue sticks.
A male weaver ant during naptial flight. Not a daily sighting. During perfect conditions weaver colonies releases princess and drones. These emerge from unfertilized eggs. The drone cant feed and dies after mating. The different colonies sync this event for interbreed and better offspring.
Two weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina, Formicidae) are carrying a caterpillar back to their nest in the Dipterocarp forest around Angkor, Northwest Cambodia (April 2012).
Alerted by my camera flash, native Australian Green Tree Ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) swarm out of a nest entrance to confront the intruder. This nest was very new, and consisted of only two or three leaves stitched together with silk.
animal, fauna, wildlife, ant, weaver, weaver ant, asian weaver ant, red weaver ant, oecophylla, oecophylla smaragdina, leaf nest, nest, perak, malaysia, asia, august 2021
This is the Queen among "Weaver ants"
Saw 3 leaves bound in a tree of our garden.. Wanted to see whats inside n pulled it apart, saw this ant taking care of all the pupae..
After mating the female queen ant separates from the colony to start its own.. It sheds its wings n starts building up the family of worker ants which later do all the work of foraging, building nest n defending it...
A nest of ants made of leaves (close view of the entry).
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Classis: Insecta
Divisio: ?
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Oecophylla
Two queens seen here escorted by worker ants.
these and can be aggressive, biting and spraying formic acid for defense.
Weaver Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina).
These ants choose living leaves to build their nest. The edges of the leaves are pulled together and glued by silk released from the larva.
Weaver Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) tending to scale insect for honeydews. Malaysia.
More tropical ants: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/04/tropical-ants.html
Singapore, Pearl's Hill City Park (geotagged).
Photo taken in January 2008.
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Classis: Insecta
Divisio: ?
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Oecophylla
A queen weaver ant threatening to bite me while I photographer her and her new colony. You will see pupae of different stages of development in this set. More tropical ants: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/04/tropical-ants.html
Weaver Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina).
These ants choose living leaves to build their nest. The edges of the leaves are pulled together and glued by silk released from the larva.
animal, fauna, wildlife, ant, weaver, weaver ant, asian weaver ant, red weaver ant, oecophylla, oecophylla smaragdina, leaf nest, nest, perak, malaysia, asia, august 2021
A weaver ant biting me :D...it didn't hurt at all though as the weaver ant's mandibles didn't pierce through to my inner skin.
Not happy with the angles but it's not easy shooting my own left palm/hand.
So who want to be my hand model?
More ants: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/04/tropical-ants.html
A hard working weaver ant building nest at night. More tropical ants here: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/04/tropical-ants.html
Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand--It looks as those this poor ant's mates are set on killing him. A few minutes later they all ant on about their business. The subject of the abuse seemed no worse for the ware. Anyone have any ideas? I've heard that if an ant gets something on himself that doesn't smell right his coworkers will clean him up.
I put a bit of a cookie from a well-known brand on top of their path, and my friends were not very thrilled.
It caused a mild traffic jam and a bit of commotion.