Oecophylla smaragdina
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O. smaragdina
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Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in Asia and Australia. They make nests in trees made of leaves stitched together using the silk produced by their larvae.[citation needed]
Weaver ants may be red or green. In Malaysia, they are labelled as kerengga (In Malay, semut api are fire ants, which belong to a different genus, Solenopsis).[citation needed]
The larvae and pupae are collected and processed into bird food, fish bait and in the production of traditional medicines in Thailand[2] and Indonesia.[3]
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Oecophylla smaragdina MHNT reine.jpg
A Queen of Oecophylla smaragdina that has shed its wings
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Weaver ant nest on a Mango tree
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Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) nest in Kinnarsani WS, AP W IMG 6012.jpg
Nest in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Weaver ants feeding on a dead African giant snail
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Two weaver ants transferring food
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References
External links
Media related to Oecophylla smaragdina at Wikimedia Commons
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