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Weaver ant

Oecophylla

Description:

The weaver among the Weavers One day I watched these Weaver ants in action. I am so astonished by the level of cooperation these guys show. The ant on the right was holding the partially held pair of leaves until the designated "Weaver" managed to show up and get into the business. The "Weaver" then meticulously started to glue the two leaves using the silk produced by the larva which you can see in the above picture... :-)



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Oecophylla smaragdina

5 Comments

Sukaina
Sukaina 7 months ago

great capture and Description !

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne a year ago

WOW! Fantastic!

Maria dB
Maria dB a year ago

That is fascinating - great capture!

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 a year ago

Nice spotting, information, and photo

Ava T-B
Ava T-B a year ago

Lovely description.

Karnataka, India

Lat: 12.21, Long: 75.83

Spotted on Mar 12, 2012
Submitted on May 8, 2012

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