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Weaver Ant

Oecophylla smaragdina

Description:

Fierce and intelligent. Lives mostly in trees here in the Philippines.

Habitat:

Trees. Commonly in mango trees.

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Oecophylla smaragdina Weaver ant


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3 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

You're welcome

ArviVerona
ArviVerona 11 years ago

Thank you for correcting the name of this ant. :)

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Hello. Eciton burchellii is a "New World" army ant. This is a weaver ant which occurs in southern India, southeast Asia --including The Philippines, New Guinea and Australia.

ArviVerona
Spotted by
ArviVerona

Philippines

Spotted on Apr 4, 2012
Submitted on Jul 9, 2012

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