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Weaver ants

Oecophylla smaragdina

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Description:

Found this on a custard apple tree in my garden .

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Comments (5)
LivanEscudero
Not ant nursery, but ant farm!!! Those are not young ants, they are bugs called aphids. Some kinds of ants actually farm aphids, they protect them, move them from plants to plants, and milk them for a sweet nectar that they secret.
AnnaWhipkey
Is it possible these are aphids the ant is tending?

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Tamil Nadu Biodiversity
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2012

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