Asian Weaver Ant
Oecophylla smaragdina
Also known as: Green Weaver Ant · Green Tree Ant · Kerengga Ant · Orange Weaver Ant
Insecta
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Up to 1 yr
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Colony
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- Southeast Asia
- Movement
- Climbing
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Aggression
- Status
- Common
About
The Asian weaver ant builds nests by weaving living leaves together with silk produced by its own larvae, which workers hold like tiny shuttles and pass along assembly lines to bind the foliage.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
- 2.juvenileAn immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
- 3.subadultA near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
- 4.adultFully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Oecophylla
- Species
- Oecophylla smaragdina