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Oecophylla smaragdina
Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775, of family Formicidae, commonly called Weaver Ant, Green Ant, Green Tree Ant, and Orange Gaster. This is a mated queen weaver ant. Weaver ant colonies are founded by one or more mated queens. Once mated, she looks for a nest site, gets rid of her wings, seals herself into a small chamber and lays a small batch of eggs. A queen lays her first clutch of eggs on a leaf and protects and feeds the larvae until they develop into mature workers.
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Related spottings of unmated winged queen green ants: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/238... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/246...
Spotted on May 16, 2013
Submitted on May 23, 2013
2 Comments
Thanks Leanne! :)
Lovely series Agnes & great info too!