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Green Tree Ants

            Oecophylla smaragdina
Subfamily: Formicinae
Family: Formicidae
Order: Hymenoptera

These ants are building their balloon-like nest from leaves. The leaves are woven together using silken threads produced by the larvae.  There can be a number of these structures in a tree or amongst surrounding trees, that are all part of the same colony.  

In this photo, the ants are forming an "ant chain" to drag the targeted leaves together to be glued with the silk.  They display an incredible ability to coordinate their workforce to bring their creation together.

See comments section below for the photo of a completed leaf "balloon".

Green Tree Ant workers are aggressive and defend their nests by swarming onto the perceived attacker. They do not sting but fiercely bite with their jaws and squirt corrosive formic acid, from the tip of the abdomen, onto the wound.  In Queensland and the Northern Territory, there is many a tale of someone who has accidentally disturbed a nest and painfully incurred their wrath! 

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Taken on: June 15, 2022

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Oecophylla

smaragdina

Hymenoptera

Green

Tree

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Sets appears in: • Hymenoptera - Ants - Formicidae • Hymenoptera - ants -Formicidae - Formicinae more » • Queensland « less

Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM4, f/9.0, 1/400 sec, 358mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM4
Lens:	Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 OSS
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	358mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	ILCE-7RM4 v1.00
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