Asian Weaver Ant Queen

Description:

Formicidae; Formicinae; Oecophylla; Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775). This spotting is a follow-up on the three spottings listed in Notes below. The first photo (taken at 7:55 a.m.) shows that one of the queens has now moved with her brood to a lower leaf. Maybe it was becoming overcrowded. The second photo (2:11 p.m.) shows the queen on the lower leaf and it looks like she has the biggest brood. The last photo (5:07 p.m.) was taken, as you can see, during a heavy downpour and I just wanted to see how they cope at this early stage when they do not yet have a nest. They seem to know exactly what to do and all of the eggs and larvae are well covered by the respective mothers.

Habitat:

These Asian Weaver Ant Queens were spotted in our backyard on a young Citrus sp.

Notes:

https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/95... https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/97... https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16...