"green tree ant"

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16 August 2023

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, semut rangrang, semut kerangga, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest-building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. Workers and major workers are mostly coloured orange. The major workers are approximately 8-10 mm (0.31-0.39 in) in length and the minors are approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometimes used by indigenous farmers, particularly in Southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort. The Asian weaver ant workers have brought leaves to block the gap of the entrance before the rains come at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 16/08/2023.

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16 August 2023

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, semut rangrang, semut kerangga, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest-building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. Workers and major workers are mostly coloured orange. The major workers are approximately 8-10 mm (0.31-0.39 in) in length and the minors are approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometimes used by indigenous farmers, particularly in Southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort. The Asian weaver ant workers have brought leaves to block the gap of the entrance before the rains come at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 16/08/2023.

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#10377912

16 August 2023

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, semut rangrang, semut kerangga, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest-building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. Workers and major workers are mostly coloured orange. The major workers are approximately 8-10 mm (0.31-0.39 in) in length and the minors are approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometimes used by indigenous farmers, particularly in Southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort. The Asian weaver ant workers have brought leaves to block the gap of the entrance before the rains come at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 16/08/2023.

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#10377914

16 August 2023

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, semut rangrang, semut kerangga, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest-building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. Workers and major workers are mostly coloured orange. The major workers are approximately 8-10 mm (0.31-0.39 in) in length and the minors are approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometimes used by indigenous farmers, particularly in Southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort. The Asian weaver ant workers have brought leaves to block the gap of the entrance before the rains come at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 16/08/2023.

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#10377918

16 August 2023

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, semut rangrang, semut kerangga, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest-building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. Workers and major workers are mostly coloured orange. The major workers are approximately 8-10 mm (0.31-0.39 in) in length and the minors are approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometimes used by indigenous farmers, particularly in Southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort. The Asian weaver ant workers have brought leaves to block the gap of the entrance before the rains come at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 16/08/2023.

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#10377922

16 August 2023

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, semut rangrang, semut kerangga, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest-building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. Workers and major workers are mostly coloured orange. The major workers are approximately 8-10 mm (0.31-0.39 in) in length and the minors are approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometimes used by indigenous farmers, particularly in Southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort. The Asian weaver ant workers have brought leaves to block the gap of the entrance before the rains come at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 16/08/2023.

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#10377926

16 August 2023

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, semut rangrang, semut kerangga, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest-building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. Workers and major workers are mostly coloured orange. The major workers are approximately 8-10 mm (0.31-0.39 in) in length and the minors are approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometimes used by indigenous farmers, particularly in Southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort. The Asian weaver ant workers have brought leaves to block the gap of the entrance before the rains come at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 16/08/2023.

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#10377930

16 August 2023

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, semut rangrang, semut kerangga, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest-building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. Workers and major workers are mostly coloured orange. The major workers are approximately 8-10 mm (0.31-0.39 in) in length and the minors are approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometimes used by indigenous farmers, particularly in Southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort. The Asian weaver ant workers have brought leaves to block the gap of the entrance before the rains come at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 16/08/2023.

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#10377934

16 August 2023

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, semut rangrang, semut kerangga, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest-building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. Workers and major workers are mostly coloured orange. The major workers are approximately 8-10 mm (0.31-0.39 in) in length and the minors are approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometimes used by indigenous farmers, particularly in Southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort. The Asian weaver ant workers have brought leaves to block the gap of the entrance before the rains come at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 16/08/2023.

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#10377936

16 August 2023

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include Asian weaver ant, weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, semut rangrang, semut kerangga, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest-building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. Workers and major workers are mostly coloured orange. The major workers are approximately 8-10 mm (0.31-0.39 in) in length and the minors are approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometimes used by indigenous farmers, particularly in Southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort. The Asian weaver ant workers have brought leaves to block the gap of the entrance before the rains come at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 16/08/2023.

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#10204166

26 June 2023

The wax apple (Syzygium samarangense) known as Java apple, Semarang rose-apple, and wax jambu is a tropical fruit that belongs to the genus Syzygium in the family Myrtaceae and is mostly cultivated in Malaysia. The Malaysian climate is suitable for wax apple production but there is increasing concern about the fruit growth, development, and quality of wax apple, a widely cultivated fruit tree in South East Asia. The growth and development of this fruit are sometimes very low due to low photosynthates supply at early growth stages. Wax apple is popular in Southeast Asia and produces red, pink, and green fleshy fruits known as 'Masam manis pink' and 'Jambu madu red' etc. The fruits are eaten raw with salt or cooked as a sauce. Myrtaceae plants are mostly used as medicinal plants for the treatment of bronchitis, asthma, diabetes mellitus, and inflammation syndromes. In addition, the plants' extracts have potent free radical scavenging, antioxidation, antimutation, and anticancer activities, anti-inflammation and antinociceptive activity, wound healing activity, antiulcerogenic effect, antibacterial, anticancer, and also it's potential as a uterotonic agent. This photo was taken at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sargachi at Beldanga, West Bengal; India on 22/6/2023.

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#10204170

26 June 2023

The wax apple (Syzygium samarangense) known as Java apple, Semarang rose-apple, and wax jambu is a tropical fruit that belongs to the genus Syzygium in the family Myrtaceae and is mostly cultivated in Malaysia. The Malaysian climate is suitable for wax apple production but there is increasing concern about the fruit growth, development, and quality of wax apple, a widely cultivated fruit tree in South East Asia. The growth and development of this fruit are sometimes very low due to low photosynthates supply at early growth stages. Wax apple is popular in Southeast Asia and produces red, pink, and green fleshy fruits known as 'Masam manis pink' and 'Jambu madu red' etc. The fruits are eaten raw with salt or cooked as a sauce. Myrtaceae plants are mostly used as medicinal plants for the treatment of bronchitis, asthma, diabetes mellitus, and inflammation syndromes. In addition, the plants' extracts have potent free radical scavenging, antioxidation, antimutation, and anticancer activities, anti-inflammation and antinociceptive activity, wound healing activity, antiulcerogenic effect, antibacterial, anticancer, and also it's potential as a uterotonic agent. This photo was taken at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sargachi at Beldanga, West Bengal; India on 22/6/2023.

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#10204174

26 June 2023

The wax apple (Syzygium samarangense) known as Java apple, Semarang rose-apple, and wax jambu is a tropical fruit that belongs to the genus Syzygium in the family Myrtaceae and is mostly cultivated in Malaysia. The Malaysian climate is suitable for wax apple production but there is increasing concern about the fruit growth, development, and quality of wax apple, a widely cultivated fruit tree in South East Asia. The growth and development of this fruit are sometimes very low due to low photosynthates supply at early growth stages. Wax apple is popular in Southeast Asia and produces red, pink, and green fleshy fruits known as 'Masam manis pink' and 'Jambu madu red' etc. The fruits are eaten raw with salt or cooked as a sauce. Myrtaceae plants are mostly used as medicinal plants for the treatment of bronchitis, asthma, diabetes mellitus, and inflammation syndromes. In addition, the plants' extracts have potent free radical scavenging, antioxidation, antimutation, and anticancer activities, anti-inflammation and antinociceptive activity, wound healing activity, antiulcerogenic effect, antibacterial, anticancer, and also it's potential as a uterotonic agent. This photo was taken at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sargachi at Beldanga, West Bengal; India on 22/6/2023.

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#10204178

26 June 2023

The wax apple (Syzygium samarangense) known as Java apple, Semarang rose-apple, and wax jambu is a tropical fruit that belongs to the genus Syzygium in the family Myrtaceae and is mostly cultivated in Malaysia. The Malaysian climate is suitable for wax apple production but there is increasing concern about the fruit growth, development, and quality of wax apple, a widely cultivated fruit tree in South East Asia. The growth and development of this fruit are sometimes very low due to low photosynthates supply at early growth stages. Wax apple is popular in Southeast Asia and produces red, pink, and green fleshy fruits known as 'Masam manis pink' and 'Jambu madu red' etc. The fruits are eaten raw with salt or cooked as a sauce. Myrtaceae plants are mostly used as medicinal plants for the treatment of bronchitis, asthma, diabetes mellitus, and inflammation syndromes. In addition, the plants' extracts have potent free radical scavenging, antioxidation, antimutation, and anticancer activities, anti-inflammation and antinociceptive activity, wound healing activity, antiulcerogenic effect, antibacterial, anticancer, and also it's potential as a uterotonic agent. This photo was taken at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sargachi at Beldanga, West Bengal; India on 22/6/2023.

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#10204182

26 June 2023

The wax apple (Syzygium samarangense) known as Java apple, Semarang rose-apple, and wax jambu is a tropical fruit that belongs to the genus Syzygium in the family Myrtaceae and is mostly cultivated in Malaysia. The Malaysian climate is suitable for wax apple production but there is increasing concern about the fruit growth, development, and quality of wax apple, a widely cultivated fruit tree in South East Asia. The growth and development of this fruit are sometimes very low due to low photosynthates supply at early growth stages. Wax apple is popular in Southeast Asia and produces red, pink, and green fleshy fruits known as 'Masam manis pink' and 'Jambu madu red' etc. The fruits are eaten raw with salt or cooked as a sauce. Myrtaceae plants are mostly used as medicinal plants for the treatment of bronchitis, asthma, diabetes mellitus, and inflammation syndromes. In addition, the plants' extracts have potent free radical scavenging, antioxidation, antimutation, and anticancer activities, anti-inflammation and antinociceptive activity, wound healing activity, antiulcerogenic effect, antibacterial, anticancer, and also it's potential as a uterotonic agent. This photo was taken at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sargachi at Beldanga, West Bengal; India on 22/6/2023.

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#10204184

26 June 2023

The wax apple (Syzygium samarangense) known as Java apple, Semarang rose-apple, and wax jambu is a tropical fruit that belongs to the genus Syzygium in the family Myrtaceae and is mostly cultivated in Malaysia. The Malaysian climate is suitable for wax apple production but there is increasing concern about the fruit growth, development, and quality of wax apple, a widely cultivated fruit tree in South East Asia. The growth and development of this fruit are sometimes very low due to low photosynthates supply at early growth stages. Wax apple is popular in Southeast Asia and produces red, pink, and green fleshy fruits known as 'Masam manis pink' and 'Jambu madu red' etc. The fruits are eaten raw with salt or cooked as a sauce. Myrtaceae plants are mostly used as medicinal plants for the treatment of bronchitis, asthma, diabetes mellitus, and inflammation syndromes. In addition, the plants' extracts have potent free radical scavenging, antioxidation, antimutation, and anticancer activities, anti-inflammation and antinociceptive activity, wound healing activity, antiulcerogenic effect, antibacterial, anticancer, and also it's potential as a uterotonic agent. This photo was taken at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sargachi at Beldanga, West Bengal; India on 22/6/2023.

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