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Green weaver ant

Oecophylla smaragdina

Oor die naam: The genus name Oecophylla comes from Greek and means "leaf-house". The species name smaragdina is Latin for "emerald", after the greenish-brown queens.1

OnskadelikOnskadelik vir mense. Niks om oor bekommerd te wees nie.

Miere

Spuit of spoegEet: Insekte

Gevaar vir mense: LigSoos 'n bysteek of minder. Basies onskadelik vir mense.

The green weaver ant is a tree-dwelling ant that builds its nests by stitching leaves together with silk. It lives in the warm, wet forests of tropical Asia and northern Australia. It has a painful bite and can spray irritant chemicals, so it is best watched from a distance.1

Leef in

Tropical Asia, from India through Indonesia and the Philippines, and Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia1

Asië, Australië & Oseanië

Tuis

It is arboreal, so it lives in the leaves of trees in humid tropical regions. Colonies can have several nests in one tree or spread across neighbouring trees. People may meet it in fruit and nut trees, and on crops such as coconut, cocoa, coffee and citrus.1

Lengte

5 mm tot 2,5 cm (0,2 in tot 1 in)1

Topspoed

omtrent 0,16 km/h (0,1 mph)

Op land, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

It feeds on insects and other invertebrates, mainly beetles, flies and hymenopterans. It also tends aphids and scale insects to feed on the honeydew they produce.1

Foto van Green weaver ant — Green weaver ant. Foto: Geoff Shuetrim. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Hoe om dit te herken

Workers and major workers are mostly orange.1
Workers are 5–7 mm long.1
Major workers are 8–10 mm long, with long, strong legs and large mandibles.1
Queens are 20–25 mm long and normally greenish-brown.1
Nests are made of leaves stitched together with silk, often high in the canopy.1

Gifkrag

Spuit of spoeg

Dit spuit of spoeg 'n brandende vloeistof na aanvallers.

Wat doen sy gif as dit byt of steek?

The ant does not sting. Its bite is painful, and it can also secrete irritant chemicals from its abdomen.1

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: LigSoos 'n bysteek of minder. Basies onskadelik vir mense.

The ants are aggressive towards people. In Sri Lanka, protecting coffee crops with these ants was abandoned because picking the crop proved too painful.1

Wat doen dit as dit bang is?

When threatened, workers gather in local clusters against intruders, and if the threat continues, the colony mobilises in larger numbers.1

As dit jou bespuit

Was en koel die steke af.
As die persoon sukkel om asem te haal, die gesig of keel swel, of hy voel flou, is dit 'n allergiese noodgeval: bel jou noodnommer.

Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels

Bly veilig

Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
As een jou bespuit: bly kalm, bly stil, bel jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911) of kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit. Onthou hoe dit gelyk het, 'n foto help.

Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Dit gebruik sy gif om kos te vang of om homself te beskerm, en kruip baie eerder weg. Meer oor veilig bly

Waar in die wêreld?

Afrika Asië Europa Noord-Amerika Suid-Amerika Australië & Oseanië

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

omtrent so lank soos 'n skuifspeld

Hoe groot is Green weaver ant in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

'n Tuinslak omtrent 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Green weaver ant omtrent 0,16 km/h (0,1 mph)

'n Skilpad omtrent 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

Weaver ants build leaf nests by teamwork. Workers pull leaf edges together, and others use larvae like living shuttles to make silk that binds the leaves.1

A single colony can reach up to half a million individuals, and one colony was recorded occupying 151 nests across 12 trees.1

Some jumping spiders mimic these ants with chemical scents to enter their nests and eat the larvae.1

In Thailand and the Philippines, the larvae and pupae are eaten, and are said to taste creamy, sour and lemony.1

The oldest written record of using these ants for pest control is from China in 304 CE, where they protected citrus.1

In Java, Indonesia, the larvae and pupae, called kroto, are harvested as food for songbirds and as fishing bait.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Green weaver ants sting like bees or wasps.

Waarheid: They do not sting. Their bite can be painful, and they can spray irritant chemicals from the abdomen.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Oecophylla smaragdina
Groep: Miere
Familie: Formicidae2
Orde: Hymenoptera
Kontinente: Asië, Australië & Oseanië
Gevaar vir mense: 1 / 5: Lig3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Oecophylla smaragdina (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Oecophylla smaragdina (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
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