Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
Oecophylla smaragdina (arboreal ant found in Asia and Australia. They make nests in trees made of leaves stitched together using the silk produced by their larvae.
Weaver ants may be red or green. In Malay is
semut api; another name is
kerengga (real Solenopsis).
The larvae and pupae are collected and processed into bird food, fish bait and in the production of traditional medicines in Thailand
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File:OecophyllaQueen.jpg|A Queen of Oecophylla smaragdina that has shed its wings
Image:Weaverantnest05268.jpg|Weaver ant nest on a Mango tree
File:Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) nest in Kinnarsani WS, AP W IMG 6012.jpg|nest in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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