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Queen Weaver Ant
Oecophylla smaragdina
15.175, 76.6243
Field Notes
Description:
Large greenish coloured ant caring for eggs.
Habitat:
Hotel garden, Karnataka, India.
This was on a garden palmtree which had "pleated"leaves. I saw a web with something moving UNDER the web. This was strange because why would a spider hide under the web? As I pulled the leaf towards me it split along the pleats and I saw this green insect.
At that point of time I did not know I was with royalty! Now I do.
Apologies Your Majesty for disturbing you.
Anyway, by next day she had carted away her precious brood; one by one. Hope they hatch safely.
Notes:
http://termitesandants.blogspot.com/2010/04/oecophylla-smaragdina.html
You can see the weaver ant's nests here: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/2070056219
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 7, 2018
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