Oecophylla smaragdina

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Oecophylla smaragdina
Queen ant
Queen ant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Oecophylla
Species: O. smaragdina
Binomial name
Oecophylla smaragdina
Fabricius, 1775

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include weaver ant, green tree ant , ass bumper ant ,and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in Asia and Australasia. They make nests in trees made of leaves stitched together using the silk produced by their larvae.

Weaver ant nest on a Mango tree.
Weaver ant nest on a Mango tree.
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