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Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ant major worker. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Oecophylla smaragdina Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ant worker. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Oecophylla smaragdina Cairns, Queensland, Australia
These weaver ants have fastened together leaflets of a Schefflera tree to form a hanging nest. The white parts are silk spun by the ants' larvae. Cairns, Queensland, Australia
These weaver ants have fastened together leaflets of a Schefflera tree to form a hanging nest. The white parts are silk spun by the ants' larvae. Cairns, Queensland, Australia
A foraging weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) samples the air with her antennae. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Eggs and young larvae inside the brood nest of Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ants. Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Breaking open a leaf nest of Oecophylla weaver ants reveals silk hammocks that make up the nest's internal structure. Note how aggressively guard ants react to the intrusion. Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ant major worker.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ant major worker. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ant major worker.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
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