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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... :-)

1 Species ID Suggestions

nicolaplowes
nicolaplowes 11 years ago
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Oecophylla smaragdina


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5 Comments

Sukaina
Sukaina 11 years ago

great capture and Description !

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

WOW! Fantastic!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

That is fascinating - great capture!

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 11 years ago

Nice spotting, information, and photo

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Lovely description.

vipin.baliga
Spotted by
vipin.baliga

Karnataka, India

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

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