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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
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
Oecophylla longinoda, the tailor ant, is fiercely territorial. Here they have pinned down a Polyrhachis intruder that has stumbled onto their tree. St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Oecophylla longinoda St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Friend or Foe? Oecophylla longinoda workers encounter each other on a tree branch and take a quick sniff of the other's scent. St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Oecophylla longinoda, the tailor ant, is fiercely territorial. Here they have pinned down a Polyrhachis intruder that has stumbled onto their tree. St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Oecophylla longinoda, the tailor ant, is fiercely territorial. Here they have pinned down a Polyrhachis intruder that has stumbled onto their tree. St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Oecophylla longinoda is polymorphic in the worker caste. Large workers perform many of the outside tasks of guarding and foraging, while small workers stick close to the nest. St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
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
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
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