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Green Ant or Weaver Ant

Oecophylla smaragdina

Photo by Andrea Lim
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Field Notes

Description:

The green ants are working together, making an 'ant bridge' to the neighboring leaf. It will pull the leaves together and 'weave' them together with silk to form a nest.

Habitat:

Edge of forest at James Cook University Cairns campus

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Oecophylla smaragdina

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