Hymenoptera: Formicidae

Oecophylla smaragdina  

Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) (Oecophylla smaragdina)
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© Vik Dunis 2012
Heathlands Resource Reserve, QLD (Sep, 2012)
Common Names
  • Green Tree Ant

Green Tree Ants are here constructing a nest. They bend the foliage around into an appropriate location, which appears to be by tensioning silk strands, before sealing up the gaps between the leaves.

Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) (Oecophylla smaragdina)

Green Tree Ant

Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) (Oecophylla smaragdina)

Green Tree Ant

Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) (Oecophylla smaragdina)

Green Tree Ant Nest

Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) (Oecophylla smaragdina)

Green Tree Ant Nest

Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) (Oecophylla smaragdina)

Green Tree Ant Nest

Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) (Oecophylla smaragdina)

Green Tree Ant