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weaver ant on bagworm case

Oecophylla smaragdina

Photo by Scott Frazier
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A lone weaver ant on the hunt or on sentinel duty away from the colony.

Habitat:

Spotted on a bagworm anchored to Caesalpinia pulcherrima in a large semi-urban yard and garden in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Notes:

More information available from this previous spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7820719

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nice combination of spottings!

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